When I was little my folks weren't paying for all of us to eat lunch at school. They told us to pack a lunch or my mom packed one when I was younger.
The issue as I see it, is that school lunches are more expensive than a lunch packed at home. Also people already get food stamps if they are poor. They can pack their kids lunch. Wasn't that the point of food stamps?
They have been cutting out food stamps for the poor, now the middle class ends up in soup kitchens. There are alot of people that dont take advantage of these programs, their slave labor jobs in combination with high prices doesnt give much leg room for alot of people. Yes, I too packed b agged lunches at school.
Speaking of school, the taxes go up every year, where does it go?