forevergreenyon's comments

but where's the money in doing this?

no money, no nothing.

> 2. The federal government then later realized that free breakfast for poor kids was a good thing, and re-implemented it

I have a more cynical worldview. they always knew that free breakfast was (indeed, is) a good thing, but it was more important for them back then to fuck over this rebellious group than feed some poor ol' kids.

Those poor malnourished children? a 'cost of policy' or some other rationalized argument with which to ignore the harsh truth, that we often prefer to keep our own power safe, than feed some other's 'poor' children.