• ellabee@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    yeah, I do.

    I was a kid on free and reduced lunch. there’s stigma around being poor enough to need it, and I was bullied for it. my home life was sufficiently dysfunctional that it could be the only food I ate that day, and there were still times I’d rather be hungry than bullied.

    so in the interest of removing something kids can be bullied over, sure. tax the rich more, and let a relatively tiny bit of our taxes buy every child at least one meal a day.

    -childless taxpayer

    • thebrownhaze@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Let’s better use taxes to provide the service you clearly needed rather than just lunch. I can afford to buy my kids lunch. I don’t need poorer people’s taxes wasted buying my kids food.

      I was also bullied at school. The removal of only one factor would have made no difference. I was bullied because they wanted to bully me.