School meal cuts
Trump’s budget director admits that millions of young children are not getting enough to eat at home, but justifies eliminating government-funded school meals, reasoning that better nutrition is not leading to better test scores.
Translation: Yes, children are going hungry, but that alone is not reason enough to feed them. Hmm.
Jeff Gale, Miami Shores
This story was originally published March 22, 2017 at 9:11 PM with the headline "School meal cuts."