Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority (newrepublic.com)

The Republican Study Committee (of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members) on Wednesday released its desired 2024 budget, in which the party boldly declares its priority to eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP, from the School Lunch Program. Why? Because “CEP allows certain schools to provide free school lunches regardless of the individual eligibility of each student.”

The horror.

Of note is that the CEP is not even something every school participates in; it is a meal service program reserved for qualifying schools and districts in low-income areas. The program enables schools that predominantly serve children from low-income backgrounds to offer all students free breakfast and lunch, instead of means-testing them and having to manage collecting applications on an individual basis.

“That’s right, let’s keep those lecherous kids off the government tit. Yee doggy!!”

What are we even doing here, people? Honestly. We’re going to deny kids free lunch at school? Really?!?!

And just so I get this straight, we’re going to limit social media consumption without parental approval, but we can’t get parental approval because they’re at 3 jobs trying to pay for the kid’s school lunch?

Yep, that makes sense.