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It's a non-starter, the Lib-Dems say they will do it when they win the next election..
(as if that's ever going to happen)
Isn't it suggested for children between 4 - 7 anyway?
What if you don't want your child to have school dinners are they have had their breakfast, have their packed lunch and will be eating with parents and siblings in the evening?
Also, what about those children who have dietary needs?
(as if that's ever going to happen)
Isn't it suggested for children between 4 - 7 anyway?
What if you don't want your child to have school dinners are they have had their breakfast, have their packed lunch and will be eating with parents and siblings in the evening?
Also, what about those children who have dietary needs?
The lighting in the street is not considered to be a private individual's responsibility but one we agree is a necessary service that should be covered by the community as a whole. Deciding to pass your genes on and thus opting to have children is a private responsibility, and any contribution from the community is a concession and needs to be agreed. The two are completely different and thus not comparable.
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It's a standard argument to say 'I don't think it's fair to pay for other people's children / it's the parents' job to do that.'
Ok - well 'other people's children' are going to grow up to be our scientists, doctors, judges, police, firefighters, etc. etc. so a little investment in them as children benefits society as a whole - it is proven that properly fed children perform better in school.
Yes it's the parents' responsibility, but so is keeping them warm, safe, out of harm's way, and making sure they don't grow up to be violent thugs or drug addicts, but hey -
some parents can't or won't live up to the responsibilities that go with having children - are we really so selfish that we would deny children proper food because the cards have dealt them into feckless families?
I for one am delighted if my tax payer's money feeds children - and while we are about it, knock the cost of the next upgrade of nuclear weapons.
Ok - well 'other people's children' are going to grow up to be our scientists, doctors, judges, police, firefighters, etc. etc. so a little investment in them as children benefits society as a whole - it is proven that properly fed children perform better in school.
Yes it's the parents' responsibility, but so is keeping them warm, safe, out of harm's way, and making sure they don't grow up to be violent thugs or drug addicts, but hey -
some parents can't or won't live up to the responsibilities that go with having children - are we really so selfish that we would deny children proper food because the cards have dealt them into feckless families?
I for one am delighted if my tax payer's money feeds children - and while we are about it, knock the cost of the next upgrade of nuclear weapons.
"The two are completely different and thus not comparable."
I'd agree with this if educating children was exclusively left to parents and seen as a private matter - but it isn't. This is seen as something with dramatic public impact which everyone pays for (regardless of if they have children or if they send their children to private school). For good reason, we do hold societies as a whole accountable for how they treat their children. If we consider providing education to children to be something the whole community pays for, then I don't see why feeding them should be any different.
I'd agree with this if educating children was exclusively left to parents and seen as a private matter - but it isn't. This is seen as something with dramatic public impact which everyone pays for (regardless of if they have children or if they send their children to private school). For good reason, we do hold societies as a whole accountable for how they treat their children. If we consider providing education to children to be something the whole community pays for, then I don't see why feeding them should be any different.
While I'm fairly ambivalent about this,myself, I can imagine that if some low-paid, blue-collar worker worked 10/12 hour days to feed his own children when they were young, wouldn't be overly happy at the prospect of now feeding the Jemimas & Tristrams of the middle classes,or indeed, the extremely wealthy.
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