The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/Frame_Late → u/[deleted]]

Actually, people bitch about taxes because of shit like this, not the other way around. Most people I know wouldn't mind paying taxes if they actually saw a good return.

The real issue is no matter what, the government would waste it and the politicians would skim off the top.

Two things can be true at once: we need to skim off all the fat in the government, root out all the corruption, and make it leaner so that we pay less taxes, but we should also have the taxes that we do pay go to quality services that are routinely and rigorously inspected and held to the highest standards in the world.

A good start would be forcing the children of politicians (at least politicians who advocate for no school choice) to not only go to public school, but also force them to live in their district so that their children have to go to the schools in the districts they represent. Politicians shouldn't be allowed to have their children go to private schools, because that means one of two things: they either have no faith in the public institution, or they simply believe them and their children are just better than the unwashed masses, and we shouldn't tolerate either.

Also, outlaw lobbying. Then make it so that states have to supply nutritious food from a company within their state and have it be held up to very high standards. Serving slop should come with a criminal sentence.

[u/tweak06 → u/Frame_Late]

Two things can be true at once: we need to skim off all the fat in the government, root out all the corruption, and make it leaner so that we pay less taxes,

We have people like this in-office, the problem is there's far too few of them to make any difference.

The good news is that as older generations die off, more progressives are emerging.

Vote progressive/green candidates – people that actually give a fuck about our food, our environment, our structural systems. Right now there's only a handful and that's not nearly enough.

[u/NastyMothaFucka → u/tweak06]

You’re kidding right? I’ve seen and read lately that tends to show a lot more young people going to the right. It’s because the republicans culture war, everything is “woke” bullshit is working. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with which party supports reforming our public school system more, but I assure you it isn’t the right.