Republican Rep suggests children should get jobs to pay for school lunches
Republican Rep suggests children should get jobs to pay for school lunches
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‘You’re telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King or McDonald’s during the summer should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work?’ Congressman Rich McCormick said. A Republican Congressman suggested that kids should work to afford school lunches, his answer to President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal grants that may have paused free school meals.
Trump ordered a sweeping freeze on federal assistance, loans and grants on Monday, implicating housing and food assistance, cancer research, and early childhood education programs. The pause was supposed to go into effect at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, but a federal judge temporarily blocked the funding freeze until February 3.
“When you’re talking about school lunches, I worked my way through high school. I don’t know about you but I’ve worked since before I was 13 years old,” he said, adding that he picked berries in the field and worked as a paperboy. “You’re telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King or McDonald’s during the summer should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work?” the Georgia Republican said.
Brown pushed back: “I think you’re painting a lot of these kids with a broad brush. I would say that’s not necessarily a fair assessment of all of the kids.”. McCormick clarified he doesn’t believe all kids getting a free lunch are just sitting at home and not working. Supporting Trump’s move, he said the freeze provides some time to see where the money is being spent.
