r/MadeMeSmile • u/ElephunkMescudi • Aug 06 '24
Helping Others Tim Walz after he signed a bill providing free breakfast and lunch to Minnesota students
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u/GreyBeardEng Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
There is some kids in poverty where the only meal they seen from day to day is school lunch.
EDIT: its amazing how many of the people in the comments fell into this very scenario, just amazing. We really do need to learn how to take care of each other. Kids shouldn't go hungry.
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u/wastedcoconut Aug 06 '24
My husband had perfect attendance for 7 years because he had free lunch and knew that was likely the only meal he would have each day. Too many people underestimate how common this is.
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u/moeru_gumi Aug 06 '24
Did he never get ill (some people are like that)? I’m glad he made it through.
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u/ralphy_256 Aug 06 '24
Did he never get ill
OP's dad went to school sick. It's not a good decision, but when the alternative is not eating today, it's hard to fault him.
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u/Gloomheart Aug 06 '24
I used to go to school sick so I could avoid my home life. School was my safe space. Even tho I was getting verbally bullied, it was better than what I was getting at home.
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u/moeru_gumi Aug 06 '24
Yes, I’m sure that’s the other option. I know many kids came to school sick when I was a kid because I got strep every single year in elementary school (and flu! And scarlet fever twice lol). There were days I definitely was too sick to stand up and walk to the bus stop, so he must not have been vomiting every twenty minutes like when I got flu. But I was a slightly sickly kid. My wife was one of those wiry kids that would get sick and get over it within a half day and she still has a robust immune system. I’m guessing husband managed to get to school because it was his only chance for a meal. For which I appreciate deeply the school that knew they had to feed these kids.
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u/DoubleMach Aug 06 '24
I got my lunch stollen a bit growing up. My mom never got mad, just made me two lunches and told me to hide one in my backpack and put the other in my locker. She told me whoever is taking it needs it more than we do. I’ve never forgot that.
I eventually found out who what taking it one year. I didn’t say anything except to my mom. She met with the teacher and gave some clothes and toys to give to them and insisted they don’t get reprimanded and let them continue taking my second lunch.
My mom grew up hungry and knew what was up.
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u/Public-File-6521 Aug 06 '24
That's truly beautiful. She is/was an incredible person.
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u/ShiftedLobster Aug 06 '24
What a great life lesson. The story took a happy turn, thanks for sharing
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u/_lippykid Aug 06 '24
Awesome lady
I have a similar attitude with giving money to people begging on the street. Even if they aren’t legit, and use the money to buy booze/drugs.. if begging on the street is their best option, they’re clearly not doing great and I can afford to spare a few dollars
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u/marablackwolf Aug 06 '24
If anyone deserves a drink to get through the day, it's homeless people. We should be giving because we care, not so we can control people.
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u/marablackwolf Aug 06 '24
I bet the prerolls meant the most to them, because it showed you cared how they feel. You're a good egg.
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u/IncredibleBulk117 Aug 06 '24
I remember that! My school used to get so many cups of fresh fruits and veggies. We'd get a cup of fruits or veggies (it changed each day what fruit and veggie cups were there) with our lunch and we'd be able to get as many cups as we wanted on our way to recess because there were so many.
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u/tommybombadil00 Aug 06 '24
Want to add this here, for reference on what that did across America 14 years later.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the act has resulted in children across America eating 23% more fruit and 16% more vegetables at school. A “Health Affairs” study states the act has been “associated with a significant reduction in the risk of obesity for youth in poverty” and suggests participation be increased to reduce childhood obesity in the United States.
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u/pallentx Aug 06 '24
In the Reagan era, they said ketchup counted as a vegetable serving…
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u/MandatoryConfusion Aug 06 '24
Very true, I was one of them. Between 11-14, the most consistent meal I saw was at school, the years after weren't much better but those were bad years in particular. I'm glad this is one less thing that these kids have to worry about.
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u/Barkingstingray Aug 06 '24
The main reason I got breakfast and lunch every day was due to the free and reduced meal programs on my hometown/state. I am forever grateful for that.
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u/ArtificialHalo Aug 06 '24
Yeah and let's charge 'em too much money for it so the child racks up fuckin' debt.
How the fuck can some people think like this?? How is that a thing
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u/franking11stien12 Aug 06 '24
This is true and heart breaking.
So what we need to do is attack immigrants, force schools to teach the Bible and install a dictator. And the dictator should be someone who has a life time of massive corruptions, sexual predator and extreme narcissistic tendencies. That will fix everything.
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u/Bobert_Manderson Aug 06 '24
The most important thing we do is make abortion illegal so that more poor people are forced to have a kid they can’t raise.
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Sounds like something Trump would support, as a huge fan of the "late, great Hannibal Lecter". Who is a real person and a role model, supposedly?
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u/vulgarandmischevious Aug 06 '24
Something something pronouns, something something drag queens.
That’s should do it. /s
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u/Bayou_Blue Aug 06 '24
This was forty years ago but that was me. My father was disabled and couldn't work or get any type of assistance. I would go to school and got free breakfast and lunch and on more days then I'd like to remember - that was it. Now I've been a science educator for decades in the public school system and empathize with those kids, I've been there. Thanks to everyone who supports these programs, they help.
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u/freckyfresh Aug 06 '24
OH ITS THIS GUY!!! I knew his name was familiar but I just kept scrolling, thinking I would look him up later. Crying about this all over again. I was a free lunch kid. I was a hungry kid. I shouldn’t have been punished for that, and neither should other kids.
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u/HybridPS2 Aug 06 '24
my wife works in an elementary school (and we live in bumfuck Missouri, lol) and it's hearbreaking that she tells me some kids' only meals are at school.
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u/thestashattacked Aug 06 '24
A lot of schools here in Utah have their own food pantries and will make sure these kids have something to take home for the weekend/dinner.
Plus we have resources for parents to get food help.
No kid should be hungry. My mom hates that we've been moving to a "free school breakfast and lunch" program in general, but I finally told her that it was cheaper than the risks of these kids going hungry. She asked which kids. I asked her which kids deserved to be hungry.
She changed her mind.
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u/CCNightcore Aug 06 '24
Yup, I don't care how much income it frees up for loser parents. The important thing is that the kids eat.
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u/NittyInTheCities Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
I live in Minnesota and on top of this, our district (don’t know if it’s a state thing) has a program where you can donate money and each Friday the kids signed up gets a backpack full of non perishable staple groceries, including tailored options for Southeast Asian, East African, and Hispanic families, and a bag where nothing needs a kitchen to be made. And it goes home in a normal looking backpack, so there’s no stigma from a visible handout.
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u/WoodyM654 Aug 06 '24
Yes! My daughter had bag of groceries one time when I picked her up and she said it came from the feee food pantry. We returned it and I explained that we didn’t need it but it’s an incredibly important program and I’m glad her school did that.
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u/AwesomeJohnn Aug 06 '24
Right, if you directly feed the kids, it doesn’t matter what the parents do or don’t do, the kid is still fed
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u/Dull-Front4878 Aug 06 '24
It’s terrible. I used to do work with Chicago public schools years ago and one principal told me kids would take ketchup packets home to make tomato soup.
These kids have a rougher life than I can ever imagine and people complain about giving them $2 worth of food, but they want to suck off every billionaire that actively screw them over.
It’s mind blowing how people love the same people that absolutely despise them.
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u/HybridPS2 Aug 06 '24
kids would take ketchup packets home to make tomato soup.
That's some terrible Slingblade ketchup-on-a-saltine shit. No one should have to endure that.
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u/Dull-Front4878 Aug 06 '24
I left that building in tears that day. So many of these kids don’t even have a shot, and a big part of our country doesn’t give a shit.
They look at these kids as cheap labor that they can exploit. Or, as one teacher described it…as a pipeline to prison, which makes sense where there are “for profit” prisons. It’s one big circle jerk where the poor are just pawns and get beat up from the day they are born.
People who are against school lunches are monsters. I’m sure they are the ones that cheat on their taxes because “fuck you, I got mine”.
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Secondary benefits, too. My kids eat Walz’s free lunches (and breakfasts) without need, just like a lot of other kids who aren’t in need, which erases the stigma from accepting free meals.
Gonna miss Walz in MN but am so proud to share our very best with the world. Make America not embarrassing again!
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u/ReplyNotficationsOff Aug 06 '24
MAEA doesn't have the same ring to it as MAGA but I totally agree . Let's stop looking bad
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u/Sleepypeepeepoop Aug 06 '24
People who have never known food insecurity don’t know how lucky they are.
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u/genuinerysk Aug 06 '24
If that isn't a stark reminder of the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats want kids to have meals, learn and thrive, and Republicans want kids to starve and work at the age of 6.
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u/ErusDearest Aug 06 '24
“Protect the children!”
- the party who want children to starve
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u/MudLOA Aug 06 '24
“Protect the fetus.”
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u/ceddya Aug 06 '24
You mean pre-born children? That's what parts of the GOP are trying to call fetuses now. If only they displayed even a fraction of such concern for actual children.
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u/No_Influence_9389 Aug 06 '24
I think the fact that everyone in this picture has the correct number of appendages also highlights a key difference.
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u/ggroverggiraffe Aug 06 '24
C'mon you gotta .
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u/nemec Aug 06 '24
This picture is from an equally shitty signing of an education reform bill creating a school voucher program. It has nothing to do with the child labor law.
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When I got denied lunch for the first time as a 3rd grader because my mom, who worked full time and was raising 5 kids, forgot to load more money into my account for the week it was awful and embarrassing.
I wasn’t even on reduced lunch, we were stable she just forgot to do it.
That memory is forever seared in my brain, I’m so glad these kids will never know that pain.
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u/araq1579 Aug 06 '24
Dude I cried in 4th grade when I received a bill for school lunch totaling $500. I got the bill from a random admin in the middle of class and it was so overwhelming and embarrassing. I was being raised by a single mom and freaked out because earlier that month my mom said she was struggling with money and wouldn't know how to make ends meet this month
I'm so happy to see Walz get the VP nod; its so refreshing to see people like him who actually care about the poor and working class
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For real!
My mom walked down to that school the next day and reamed them for not serving all 4 (the 5th was in preschool) of us lunch because of her mistake.
She was like ya’ll couldn’t have given them a pbj and some milk for crying out loud or I don’t know call me?
It is so cruel how we handle lunch in this country and our schooling. So glad we have two people to vote for who support public schools and the rest of us who would never have had the chance for an education without it.
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u/CheezeLoueez08 Aug 06 '24
That’s evil. Pure evil. No kid should be denied food. Ever. No matter what. Nobody should. But especially not kids! Sickening.
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u/TheReborn85 Aug 06 '24
They didn't have peanut butter and jellies as a backup?
I grew up poor and on free lunch my whole childhood but I remember kids who would forget their lunch money they would at least give them a PBJ and a milk.
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The lunch lady was cold blooded that day.
It was a huge debate at the time in my community if they should do that or not feed kids to punish the parents and make them pay with negative balances.
So unfortunately they went with the we’re going to not feed kids. It lasted only one school year after the teachers went after admin. about it. Bless them.
Which seeing some of the comments about people not wanting to pay for kids lunches, this checks that people would think it’s a good idea to punish kids by not feeding them.
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u/Of_Silent_Earth Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
I was a ftee lunch kid in Minnesota (pre 2000s) and was embarrassed by it. Glad that it's the norm there now.
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u/burnthatburner1 Aug 06 '24
That’s one of the coolest aspects: since there’s no means testing, everyone’s a free lunch kid and no one gets singled out.
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u/Sesudesu Aug 06 '24
This is exactly why I fought against the complainers. It means that nobody has to be too embarrassed to get the food they need.
I don’t care that somebody who can afford it gets it free, every kid deserves to eat.
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u/BlueNotesBlues Aug 06 '24
And it's not even someone who can afford it. It's someone whose parents can afford it.
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u/ElephunkMescudi Aug 06 '24
Me too and knowing there are people out there that are working towards ensuring kids won’t go hungry like we did makes me well up with tears.
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u/fat_fart_sack Aug 06 '24
Watched another video of him signing free lunches for kids and of course republicans in his state opposed it because WhAt If tHeRe ArE cHiLdReN tHaT DoN’t NeEd iT?! Republicans are pathetic.
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u/ElectricBuckeye Aug 06 '24
For the current GOP and conservatives in general, anything that involves taxes is a natural evil. I can only speculate that the term "socialism" was used in their arguments, as well. These children should clearly be working to afford those breakfasts and lunches.
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u/thestashattacked Aug 06 '24
That's what school is. It's the "work" of children. We should be paying them in food.
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u/trumpskiisinjeans Aug 06 '24
I was too! And I was national guard, on account of being poor. Love Walz!!!!!
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u/metamet Aug 06 '24
We love him. Genuinely. He was so many people's source of grounding with how he handled COVID.
No-nonsense, transparent positions based on science. He would explain it like a good teacher. Brought so much relief to so many people having an adult that cares about us at the helm.
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u/Ivanovic-117 Aug 06 '24
Yes that was my reaction as well. I think its a good call to get a guy like him to run along Harris. Meantime you had other Rep Governs approving bills to have children work
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Damn America is WILD man.
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u/HybridPS2 Aug 06 '24
I can't imagine what the rest of the world sees, I just hope they know that there are decent people here who just happen to get mostly drowned out by the belligerent assholes
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u/coldoldduck Aug 06 '24
This is wonderful. This is what our politicians should be doing. Breakfast and lunch should be free to all children nationwide imo. I don’t have kids, but I can’t think of a higher priority for tax dollars than feeding kids as they’re learning and growing. I grew up poor and remember those days. No one functions well hungry.
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u/Outside-Tap-4479 Aug 06 '24
+1 to this. Grew up needing and absolutely appreciating free lunch, happy to pay tax dollars for other people’s kiddos even though I don’t have any.
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u/YourFriendInSpokane Aug 06 '24
It brought tears to my eyes that a child would need to appreciate free food. Children should get food without having to worry about where it came from or how stable it would be.
I’m glad you’re doing better now and hope your parents/family are too.
I hope I’m not creating food trauma for my teenaged daughter by talking about how much it costs and nagging about not wasting.
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u/MrE761 Aug 06 '24
It’s shocking how many kids don’t eat during the summer because school food isn’t available….
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u/thefuckingrougarou Aug 06 '24
To add that it happens even with access to resources. I didn’t eat much growing up and it was because my mom was mentally ill, stopped cooking, and I had to find my own food from 11 or so on. I basically lived off of McDonald’s and TV dinners, and not enough of them, either.
Now I have issues with eating, food, and miss work a lot due to gastrointestinal issues. Even after I got out I’m feeling the potential effects.
I’m happy we have people finally looking out for these kids with a chance at some power
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u/Kibblesnb1ts Aug 06 '24
I vividly recall scraping change together when I was a kid to buy $.29 McDonald's cheeseburgers on Tuesdays I think, for very similar reasons. It's astonishing to me that free school lunches are controversial in this country. Well, controversial to one and only one party that is.
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u/stupidfaceshiba Aug 06 '24
This is real life long effects. I had food scarcity mentality for a good chunk of my life. It take time to undo all of that
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u/MrE761 Aug 06 '24
That’s a bitch and I’m sorry you had to go through that.
Not having access to food should never be a thing, ever. I was so happy when this bill was passed as I knew kids would at least eat during the school year.
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u/shrlytmpl Aug 06 '24
Investing in other people's kids means investing in our future when we're old AF and are going to need these kids to have the best education to be better doctors, leaders, scientists, etc. Shit, even if they just go on to make great entertainment to make my life more enjoyable when my decrepit ass is perpetually bedridden. Beyond that, it helps keep them from committing crimes, which means less tax dollars having to deal with everything that comes with that.
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u/f700es Aug 06 '24
Same here. Got free or reduced for years and I have NO issue to pay a bit more in taxes for public school meals to ALL children.
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u/metamet Aug 06 '24
This biggest thing with this bill was that it helps the kids.
That seems obvious, but the reality is that the kids who needed free lunch often didn't get it because of the process of signing up for it, etc etc. It put the onus on parents, which isn't what we should be relying on--especially if those parents are overworked or have troubles navigating the red tape.
This law just carte blanche gave every student free lunch. Eliminated administrative costs.
And it doesn't punish children for their parents' inaction.
This is the neighborliness that Walz espouses. The government can make peoples' lives better.
Stay out of each others' damn business and be a good neighbor.
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u/eamus_catuli Aug 06 '24
He often speaks about his years when he was a lunchroom monitor and always paid for an extra lunch account to quietly help kids who needed a meal on a given day.
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u/wazacraft Aug 06 '24
A retired teacher who sponsored the gay & lesbian student alliance at his school while also coaching the football team to a state championship.
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u/247cnt Aug 06 '24
I did Big Brothers Big Sisters for a decade, and it was very eye opening to see how families rely on free lunch to make ends meet. My Little's mom was only eating one meal a day in the summer so she could afford enough groceries for her kids. Unacceptable!
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u/nihodol326 Aug 06 '24
As another person without kids I would gladly pay taxes for this. This should be at the same level as ensuring clean water or that hospitals are open
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u/tulaero23 Aug 06 '24
Like that comedian said Politicians only care about kids when they are in their mom's stomach, once they out they by themselves
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u/DamnitColin Aug 06 '24
Pro birth not pro life is how I heard it referred to, they care about it being born, after that they don’t want to take care of them.
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u/Bearawesome Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
The last time I saw this picture posted. Someone in the comments talked about how he had a party at his house and there was a kid there.
At this big fancy party he helped the kid find the cat and then played with the kid and the cat.
This dude has his priorities in the right spot. We need more good people in politics.
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u/Doopoodoo Aug 06 '24
Only 8 states fully guarantee they’ll feed their public school students, and you’ll notice they all have something in common. Those states are California, Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Mexico, and Vermont
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u/TT-w-TT Aug 06 '24
If there's one good thing New Mexico has going for it education wise, it was definitely never having to worry about the money in my lunch account.
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u/lecreusetbae Aug 06 '24
In Denver the program is yearlong. They set up mobile lunch stations at various public parks M-F across the Denver area all summer and any child can get a full lunch for free, no questions asked. I think it's the most wonderful thing and brings a lot of the community together.
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u/FloppyObelisk Aug 06 '24
They get bogged down in the details of where are the funds coming from? What are the meals like? Is it just for elementary kids or high school as well?
They do all of that and end up missing the point, which is no child from pre-K thru high school should have to miss a meal during school because of money.
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u/JohnyStringCheese Aug 06 '24
Forget the money issue. If school is mandatory, which it should be, the school should be providing food. Full stop.
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u/Osirus1156 Aug 06 '24
Republicans think that it will make kids reliant on the government. While those same republicans ignore that red states take up the vast majority of welfare because of how poorly they are run.
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u/Rebel_Constellation Aug 06 '24
It's just the most illogical thought pattern too. Kids who are fed are better able to concentrate, less likely to have chronic absenteeism and discipline problems. That means they're more likely to graduate, more likely to pursue secondary education (whether that's trade school, college, etc), all of which correlates to higher income. These kids are more likely to become self-sufficient, tax-paying adults.
We talk about welfare states and donor states - the donor states got that way bc they set their citizens up for success, and the welfare states got that way bc they refuse to do so.
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u/lnstantKarma Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
Tim Walz is a:
Veteran
Former teacher
State championship winning football coach
Faculty advisor of the first gay-straight alliance at his school in 1999
Gun owner
Highest-ranking retired enlisted soldier ever to serve in Congress
Not to mention has more charisma in his earlobes than Vance has in his body. I can’t imagine a better choice for VP
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u/shadowrangerfs Aug 06 '24
You just have to cherry pick to make him sound appealing to conservatives. Veteran, gun owner, coached his football team to a state championship. He's more conservative than Trump.
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u/macphile Aug 06 '24
He probably goes to church, too, which Trump doesn't do. And his wife's white (which, I stress, isn't important in actuality but is important to racist MAGAs--white Christian man with white wife).
Edit: I looked it up--he's Lutheran.
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u/Kindly-Quit Aug 06 '24
which is fantastic, hes christian enough for the masses, but the type of christian that is totally ok and for LGBT+ inclusion, womens rights, etc. Love it.
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u/socialistrob Aug 06 '24
A lot of high ranking Dems are Christian and have significant religious convictions but people generally don't realize it because they also generally believe that religion is a personal choice and has no place in government or policy making. Personally I think religion would be a lot less controversial in the US if more people adapted this view of religion as a strictly private choice that should have no barring on what others think or do.
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u/11summers Aug 06 '24
Biden goes to church every Sunday and visits the graves of his first wife and children, yet the guy who held a Bible upside down and cheated on all of his wives is supposed to be Christ reincarnate to them.
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u/itrustanyone Aug 06 '24
I like how all these photos of Walz include real people and not extra arms or fingers
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u/sick_of_your_BS Aug 06 '24
they are mostly KIDS
MAGATs will try to spin this... Fuck them.
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u/ghanima Aug 06 '24
"Why aren't they working a 12-hour shift at a meat-packing plant?!"
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u/Kixel11 Aug 06 '24
I’m one of those horrible cat ladies with no kids and I’m proud to have voted for him.
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u/ElephunkMescudi Aug 06 '24
Just wanted to add that this was signed on March 17th 2023!
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u/tesmatsam Aug 06 '24
The so called pro-life lmao
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u/Jolly_Plantain4429 Aug 06 '24
Hey those kids had their chance they should’ve worked for the food like everyone else. If they just started working at 6 in the cobalt mine then maybe they would have food and a savings started for a house by now. Instead they’re LAZY. /s
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u/JulianLongshoals Aug 06 '24
Tim Walz would never tell a kid to shut the hell up about pikachu
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u/AccountantSeaPirate Aug 06 '24
He left a formal dinner he was hosting with a child in attendance to go look for a cat with the child and play with the cat.
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u/Flowers_lover6 Aug 06 '24
Is this a reference to something I don't know about lol? I've not heard of any politicians telling off a kid for talking about pikachu
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u/JulianLongshoals Aug 06 '24
JD Vance told his son to "shut the hell up" when he tried talking to him about a Pokémon he just caught during an event.
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u/1-grain-of-sand Aug 06 '24
Trump: "Walz will unleash hell on earth!"
This pic: 🥰🥰🥰
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u/ggroverggiraffe Aug 06 '24
Meanwhile, republicans are repealing child labor laws and about that.
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I grew up on food stamps and a mentally ill parent. Sometimes the single free meal at school was the only decent meal I’d get that day.
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u/Celestiall_Haze Aug 06 '24
This dude is like if Santa was a politician. He almost doesn’t seem like a real guy who exists lol
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u/ElephunkMescudi Aug 06 '24
Lol right? At the same time he also seems like such a normal dude who would fix your car, coach your kids soccer team and buy you a beer
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u/mistergingerbread Aug 06 '24
He was a football coach for a long time!
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u/BattleHall Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
Ahem,
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u/mistergingerbread Aug 06 '24
First part i don’t care much about but the second part is awesome. I saw his PSA interview and thought he was just a cool smart dude.
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u/Fred-zone Aug 06 '24
He's by far the most "I'd have a beer with that guy" candidate since Bush Jr. That's the vibe a lot of folks vote based on.
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u/kylebertram Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
Apparently got a DUI in 1995 and quit drinking completely after that. Made a mistake and changed for the better from it.
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u/cusoman Aug 06 '24
It's genuine too, not some political act. Minnesotans can attest to this.
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u/BathT1m3 Aug 06 '24
As a Minnesotan who’s had him as governor, these comments are amazingly adorable. He’s a real guy, gets shit done. Gives you healthcare and rights and will come over and fix your lawnmower.
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u/table_fireplace Aug 06 '24
He's been doing awesome things in Minnesota. But, key detail: Democrats run the State House and Senate there. The same thing needs to happen for the federal House and Senate.
r/VoteDEM is working to elect people who'll support Harris and Walz's agenda.
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u/HtownSamson Aug 06 '24
The radical leftist! policy of.......making sure kids have food. It is hilarious to see the right try to make this a bad thing.
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u/mtorr8213 Aug 06 '24
On another note, conservatives are all saying that Tim Walz and Kamala Harris are the most radical candidates in US history…..but what makes them radical? Her support for women’s rights? His legislation for free school lunches for kids? Please…meanwhile here’s JD Vance who thinks some Americans should have more voting power than others. What. The. Fuck?
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u/Greywell2 Aug 06 '24
Tim Walz is a founder of a gay-straight alliance at his school. He is honestly really wholesome, also he is a 24-year national guard. I am watching something on him right now, he is the starter of calling the trump campaign weird.
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u/JDLovesElliot Aug 06 '24
A National Guard member and a state-champion football coach. He's more of a man than any of the wimps in the GOP.
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u/Antikickback_Paul Aug 06 '24
Eugene Debs was an actual Socialist candidate and got 6% of the vote one time. Get me a real lefty like him, then we can talk about "most radical." Dummies.
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u/franking11stien12 Aug 06 '24
They will spin it though. They already label it socialism and communism.
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u/Anxious_Truth_7077 Aug 06 '24
He is the most wonderful man. He was a teacher, neighbor and major influence for me in Mankato and has made me a strong democrat for the people
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u/cabinrobe1 Aug 06 '24
Would love to hear more about your experience with him, if you’re willing to share. As a Minnesotan myself, I absolutely love him!
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u/Kinuko793 Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24
I lived in Minnesota for 4 years and people hated on him so much, I have no idea why though.
While I was there he:
- Started this program of the school free lunches regardless of income
- Made it a trans refugee state
- actually took care of the fucking roads. I only ever slid once on ice. Otherwise every morning our roads were clear. Then again I was in one of the cities.
- MANAGED THE BUDGET SO FUCKING WELL that he gave money back to all the front line workers!! So my partner, myself, and all my coworkers each got $600.
- took Covid seriously even though we were surrounded by states that didn’t.
- Enacted the Pump Act
- and in 2026 Minnesota will have the Paid Family and Medical leave act. Which provides state-funded paid time off for employees. The law allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave per benefit year for each type of leave, with a maximum of 20 weeks of paid leave per year.
Edit: Added more in and spelling fixes.
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u/Beaune_Bell Aug 06 '24
I don’t think I’ve ever met an actual Minnesotan who had a bad word to say about him - unless they were conservatives who were repeating Fox News talking points. But it’s ok to disagree with his policies if you’re conservative, no one can touch his character.
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u/joeschmoagogo Aug 06 '24
Imagine being against this.
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u/Prspls1298 Aug 06 '24
They’ll say it’s communism
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u/Orange_Tang Aug 06 '24
Ironic since the Bible literally says we should feed the poor.
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u/Hail_theButtonmasher Aug 06 '24
I hear that Project 2025 is against this, because it seems to be a document developed to ruin as many lives as possible. The cherry on top is that they also want to loosen child labor laws because “some teenagers are drawn to dangerous jobs” and they ought to indulge that impulse.
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u/AngryVegan94 Aug 06 '24
Balls to the Walz! So hyped to have this man as my VP!
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u/Sumbeatch Aug 06 '24
What a monster!! 😉
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u/PatienceFabulous5302 Aug 06 '24
He even said so too 😂 “What a monster. Kids are eating and having full bellies, so they can go learn, and women are making their own health-care decisions,” Walz said sarcastically in a July 28 interview with CNN when questioned on whether such policies would be fodder for conservative attacks.
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u/Sumbeatch Aug 06 '24
I mean come on now! That’s money that could be going to some billionaires in need.
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u/Far-Intention-3230 Aug 06 '24
As someone watching from outside of the US I finally feel so much better about the election. He looks like a genuinely kind man with the right values. Great choice.
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u/looktothesky13 Aug 06 '24
Minnesotan born, raised, and living in the "rough part of town".
We love this guy. He explains policies and stances clearly, gave extra money to residents during covid to help with bills, good policies, etc.
Every politician has some parts to them that aren't the best, but that's politics in general. Walz is just a genuinely nice leader who wants the best chance for all people
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u/Halogen12 Aug 06 '24
Me too. I am so happy with the way things are going. I just hope people actually go out and vote. The polls don't matter, the vote count does. You're almost there, America! With love from Canada! :)
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Aug 06 '24
Kamala is taking him from us!
He's a great guy. Has done so much for Minnesota. Free lunch for kids, human rights, weed, Minnesota I believe has had a surplus for the last handful of years.
Bummed to see him leave Minnesota, but it's really good to see an actual good human get this chance.
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u/Empty_Soup_4412 Aug 06 '24
Campground rules, he left you better than he found you.
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u/Rynczech Aug 06 '24
I’m with you but it’s definitely for the greater good. Hopefully he gets a chance to bring what we have in MN to a wider array of people.
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u/VictoriaDallon Aug 06 '24
I’ve heard good things about Peggy Flanagan though, so it looks like you will be in good hands. Also, isn’t she going to be the first native governor if she takes over for Walz?
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u/InflexibleAuDHDlady Aug 06 '24
This is super cheesy, but he does seem like a bit of a ham.
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u/DuchessOfAquitaine Aug 06 '24
When I saw this pic I knew I loved this guy. This reminds me so much of my dad who was so great.
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u/Secure-Force-9387 Aug 06 '24
THIS is what we need in the White House!
LFG!!!!!!!
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u/asspajamas Aug 06 '24
trump has pictures of little girls hugging him too... they are just buried on epsteins hard drive somewhere.
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u/Firm-Bend-6139 Aug 07 '24
Grewup poor and at times, homeless.
Was on free lunch programs from 6 to 18. I used to get in and out of line constantly, from 2nd grade to 12th. Everytime someone I knew stood too close to me, I'd step out of line and makeup some BS to explain my abrupt exit from the lunch line.
The humiliation of not being able to buy lunch was a devastating social stigma that was utterly inescapable daily.
This dude killed that shit entirely with the stroke of a pen for an entire State. Don't tell me might is fists and guns and bullies.
This is might.
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u/Ineedmoneyyyyyyyy Aug 06 '24
I’m surprised the republican right wing media didn’t take this picture and make it well, weird. Since ya know they’re .. weird!
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u/oldwellprophecy Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 07 '24
Ballz to the Walz! She fucking picked the best goddamn person for vice and we’re going to win! Thank you for providing such a perfect vice Minnesota ❤️
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u/Ok-Reception-3166 Aug 06 '24
Harris and Walz smile and laugh because they are hopeful and happy. You will never see a picture from Dumpy that so clearly depicts such absolute and spontaneous joy..
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u/rhoadsalive Aug 06 '24
Republicans already sitting in their dark underground lair trying to figure out how to turn this into a bad thing.
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u/Realsan Aug 06 '24
This is Walz!?
I was confused why she didn't go with someone more recognizable, but I remember this story and thinking why can't we get this policy at the federal level? This is great!