Critics condemn ‘cruelty’ of state opting out of federal problem to feed children from low-income families during summer break
Mississippi is withdrawing from a federal program to feed children during their summer break from school, the governor there announced, characterizing the decision as a way to reject “attempts to expand the welfare state”.
Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, declined to participate in the federal program that would give electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to low-income families to supplement food costs when academic classes are out of session, Mississippi Today reported.
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“The cruelty of being the poorest state in America and choosing – choosing – to turn down federal aid for poor children to eat,” Hannah-Jones said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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“Mississippi gave millions of dollars of welfare funds to former NFL quarterback Brett Favre to build a volleyball facility for his daughter’s school, but they won’t take federal funds to feed hungry children. Because helping poor kids is the kind of welfare that Republicans hate,” Boykin said on X.
To be fair, both of his daughters are adults, and more than capable of speaking out against their father’s abhorrent behavior. Additionally, they stand to benefit, directly or indirectly from their father’s actions. They are also likely to be among the very small group of people that Brett Farve would listen to and could be shamed by. I would not consider them innocent bystandards.
Bystanders?
How well formed were your morals when you were college aged? How much of your morals were formed by your parents? It seems like it could be difficult for some kids to call their parents out on their bullshit at that age. That might be especially true for the daughter of someone who is put up on a pedistal like Farve.
I agree that it’s a shame if Farve’s daughter didn’t call him out for what he was doing but I think it probably reflects more in Farve than on his daughter. When I was 18 I wouldn’t have questioned my parents on something like this. I would have assumed they were doing their best for me and being moral people while doing it. I didn’t develop my own ability to assess my parents actions, beyond how they impacted me directly, until I was out of the house for a few years.
…you are saying college kids are incapable of recognizing and understanding crime. You do get that right?
I’m pretty sure most 18 year olds are moral enough to know that stealing a couple million dollars from poor people is fucking wrong. Good god.