Right wing declares war on the poor:

[mzteris]

Kate O'Beirne calls parents of school lunch recipients child abusers

video at link: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/right-wing-declares-war-poor-kate-obeirne-c


O’BEIRNE: And then the title of our gathering is so crucial; “Less of Washington and More of Ourselves”. The federal school lunch program and now breakfast program and I guess in Washington DC, dinner program are pretty close to being sacred cows… broad bipartisan support. And if we’re going to ask more of ourselves, my question is what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana? I just don’t get why millions of school children qualify for school breakfasts unless we have a major wide spread problem with child neglect.

You know, I mean if that’s how many parents are incapable of pulling together a bowl of cereal and a banana, then we have problems that are way bigger than… that problem can’t be solved with a school breakfast, because we have parents who are just criminally… ah… criminally negligent with respect to raising children.

And yet, that’s the kind of program that has huge bipartisan support with very little thought about why we’re now feeding children. Talk about a fundamental parental responsibility. In what sense can we begin asking the “more of ourselves” piece to go with this less government?

[dana_b]

1. fuck you, Kate.. for calling my mom a child abuser

she worked her ass off raising three kids on her own and needed help from the church and the school lunch programs to get by. What should she have done? Worked two to three jobs so she never saw us?? She was an awesome mom who did all she could to support us.

[Generic Other]

2. The assumption that any parent should be able to provide cereal, milk and fruit to their children

if they are hungry is such a dimwitted view of poverty. Food is prioritized. What can be pinched out of one day can be stretched to another. It's not like there's ever enough.

[dana_b]

3. exactly... and any assistance is greatly needed and

appreciated. This dimwit in the article obviously has never had to walk in those shoes.