The governors have given varying reasons for refusing to take part, from the price tag to the fact that the final details of the plan have yet to be worked out. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ( R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths “when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.” Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen ( R) said bluntly, “I don’t believe in welfare.”

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    Wow, he basically said “because some kids are fat, none of them should be fed”. Yikes.

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        Jesus is shockingly libertarian.

        Some say his cloning of fish and wine teach us that corporations shouldn’t be beholden to intellectual property rights, but at the same time not allowing the common folks to clone those materials themselves shows he is against piracy.

        Through Jesus’s teaching we can reach a true free market paradise.

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      And thats because those “fat” children eat way more fast food than those that don’t need the program because it’s cheaper and quick. The parent(s) have to work more hours so they can’t cook healthy meals as often nor have the income for the high price of groceries.

      But Republican politicians don’t have the hardware necessary upstairs to root cause issues logically, just acting on incorrect assumptions all around.

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    There are a couple handful of Republican states that haven’t taken advantage of the expanded medicaid help for poor people as well. Even though Federal funds pay 90% of the bill. Republican voters and Republican reps have such a BDSM relationship.

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    damn these stupid fucking Republicans just want to make more shit head people. red states are about to be nothing but lowest common denominator states and the sensible blue enclaves are going to have to deal with that special brand of extra-leaded kind of retard shooting up Schools, raping other kids, polluting the environment, voting Republican and going to church. Fucking no-no thing hicks forget who buys their shit from them and it’s not broke ass rednecks.

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      From the preamble to the Constitution of the USA:

      We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

      I think any one of the bolded items could be reasonably interpreted to include “make sure kids have food”. You are of course free to disagree but that seems pretty disingenuous to me.

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        A lot of people in the US really hate founding principles of the US. Which is fine, but they should really own up to it.

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          A lot of people treat the founding principles like they do their religious literature, ignoring everything they don’t like and keeping the tiny snippets that support what they already believe.

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      That’s not just an unpopular opinion, it’s objectively stupid and shortsighted. By allowing children to be malnourished, all you’re accomplishing is making them less productive adults and costing society more.

      Your cargo-cult fiscal conservative argument is bad and you should feel bad.

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      First off, it’s a federal funded program

      Second, most of already donate taxes to our state

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      Instead of just donating to charities, people could vote to enact programs to do what they think the government should do. Such as social programs that work best at large scale and feed children.

      But let’s think through this. It’s not the state’s responsibility. Who’s responsibility is it? What do we do if there are hungry children?

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      It is unpopular with people who understand that ditching a government program that helps everyone for a charity that can pick and choose who to help is a terrible idea.