• ZeroCool@slrpnk.netOP
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    11 months ago

    States that participate in the federal program are required to cover half of the administrative costs, which would cost Nebraska an estimated $300,000. Advocates of the program note that the administrative cost is far outweighed by the $18 million benefit, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.

    Imagine being such a reprehensible monster that you’d let 175k children in your state starve rather than participate in a federal program that’d help feed them when school is out each summer. It’s unconscionable.

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      Every farmer in that state receives welfare. Every fucking farmer benefits from agricultural subsidies.

      The governor believes in federal welfare, just not welfare that directly benefits kids.