Fox News: Should Kids Have to Work For School Lunches?

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Fox News forwarded the notion that it might be appropriate for school children to be forced to work in exchange for free school meals, after a Republican lawmaker in West Virginia proposed such a requirement for a new law curbing child hunger.

On Fox & Friends First, on-screen text asked viewers whether students should have to "work for their school meals":



As The Washington Post blog "She The People" explained, the idea that students could be forced into labor in exchange for food comes from a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, who suggested the requirement be added to a bill intended to ensure no child goes hungry: ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/media/fox-news-should-kids-have-work-school-lunches

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1. *facebludgeon*

[baldguy]

8. +1

My first thought also.

[Tx4obama]

2. A link below with additional info

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022747342

[zbdent]

3. as long as they're not on the football teams ...

[DirkGently]

4. Text "modestproposal" to 1-800-SLAVERY now!

We could just eat the hungry children, save a step.

[Initech]

5. Short answer: fucking hell no!!!

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Because there is a marked difference if your parents hand you the money for lunch.

Kids are discerning like that.

[Honeycombe8]

7. This is a new low. We the people will NEVER allow this to happen. nt

[DotGone]

9. May I have more porridge? n/t

[Mnpaul]

10. The lazy, so called journalists over at Fox should talk

Maybe they should do some work once in their life.

[Skittles]

11. I agree

[Skittles]

12. what is their obsession with fucking over the poor?

how about we have those thieving bastards who crashed the economy do REAL WORK for a change?

[cynatnite]

13. ....