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Massachusetts Adopts Universal Free Meals For All Public School Kids (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 2 years ago by tst123@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 70 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice.

Step 2: Make the meals actually healthy instead of garbage food prepared by the lowest-bid contractor.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago

Step 1: calories for all.

Step 2: good calories.

[–] jerome@kbin.social 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

All Conservatives: "OMG NOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

[+] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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[–] sudo@lemmy.today 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I see comments like this I always have to wonder.. so, you don't oppose the government using it's resources to support the well-being of it's citizens. So then what is making you conservative? Your desire to oppose other fundamental rights and liberties of others? Wanting corporations to continue to steal from the wealth of the many for the sake of unimaginable wealth for the few? A fear of others who freely exist with other values then your own and the inability to cope with their success? Or thrive in their perils as a way to compensate for the inadequacies you feel in your own life? The desire to maintain the status quo of women and minorities being subservient to old white men? To control other people's bodies or worrying an unhealthy amount about their genitals and what they do with them?

[+] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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[–] Solarius@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 2 years ago

So... what exactly is conservatism to you then? Because what they listed is things most current American conservatives would agree with.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Way to deflect.

[+] tst123@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[+] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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[–] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but that means what they're doing isn't a dealbreaker for you. So you may not agree with them cutting funds from education, cutting taxes on the wealthy and corporations, voting no on providing free school lunch, or taking away abortion rights, but it doesn't bother you enough to change your vote.

So why would they change what they're doing? It's clearly working for them in a lot of places.

Edited to add: Democrats don't have the votes to pass abortion rights at the federal level.

[+] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, so it sounds like given the present situation you are abstaining to vote, voting third party, or are voting democrat until republican leaders get their nonsense together. That said, what exactly is it that makes you identify as conservative? Clearly it has to be something outside of present American political theater. Is it one of those 'fiscal responsibility' things? It seems like you are fine with social programs.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Small steps.

Implementation doesn't have to be perfect on the first go. And arguing over every detail is what lead to many of these programs being cancelled.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Its more like:

All Conservatives: "How can we give away this trash food for free!? Think of the children!? We have to put a high price on it so it's harder for children to get!!!"

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't our taxes pay for it? Don't other civilized countries already do this? So how is it framed as "free?" We should already have these policies implemented. Republicans made this country into a joke.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Free at point of consumption is ALWAYS implied. In capitalism nothing can really be free

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's just how the media paints it. "Look at these freeloaders, it's free!" No, we paid for it. Which makes it doubly insulting to see Republicans try to take away what we already own.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Surely this won't be political.

(Checks the comments and is proven wrong)

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Nice

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Christ that headline is so depressing.

This can and should be a federal thing. You'd think indebting kids for basic nourishment would be worth threatening to block appropriations for war or something, but it's not.