School Lunch Is The First Thing The Federal Government Should Pay For…Breakfast Too!

That’s right, we said federal government. It’s something to prioritize before free college, and modernizing America’s nuclear arsenal, and Medicare for all, and bringing back “big fireworks” to Mount Rushmore…

We’ve been spending some time in New England, and we came across this story about how a fairly large school district in the small state of Rhode Island was making kids eat sunflower butter and jelly sandwiches instead of the regular school lunch if they’re behind on paying for their school lunch. (Or rather, their parents are behind.)

But we were kind of shocked, and pleased, when it suddenly became national news. In large part, we think, to a ridiculous layer to the story, where a local business offered to raise the money to make up the difference, and school officials refused.

BTW, the latest is that Chobani, the yogurt company is giving the Warwick School district $50,000 dollars to fix the problem. They’re also going to donate yogurt. Other private donations from around the country should make up the rest of the $77,000 the school district says is in arrears, according to the Providence Journal. And as a…