WATCH: Governor RIPS Republican School Meals Proposal
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2023
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz argued that means-testing free school meals would be needlessly burdensome. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. shoptyt.com/collections/justi...
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"Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday offered an unwavering defense of his state's recently enacted universal free school meals program, arguing that Republican efforts to means-test the initiative would have created burdensome and needless administrative barriers.
"The haves and the have-nots in the school lunchroom is not a necessary thing. Just feed our children," Walz, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, said during a press conference."
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Did that lawmaker just say “I am yet to meet someone in Minnesota who is hungry”? Shameful!!!
Tim is not Just our governor. He’s a real leader. Thank you Tim Walz for all you do for Minnesotans 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
We recently did the same thing in MI and a buddy of mine got upset and went on a tirade about feeding your own kids and I reminded him of all the times I gave him half my lunch or he came to get help to get lunches for his kids.
@@williethomas5116 if you can't feed your own kid, you're a terrible selfish parent.
Ya, MN resident here, we saw that on our local news and it's the most embarrassing thing to come out of our state in a while.
How about Tim Walz for president?
@@jaybird185 No way, Walz is ours you can't have him (kidding, I think he would be an excellent president)
I refused to get my free school lunch in middle school because i was so embarrassed to be poor. Bless this guy.
🎶What man, what a mighty good man. 🎶 Governor Tim👏👏
He's been the #1 governor in the U.S. since he became our governor here in Minnesota. He was a teacher and gets what the people really need. He is one of us.
❤️
As a lifelong Minnesota resident, I love that the Democrats took full control of the government here, then just went to work!! Nobody cares what the idiot GOP has to say because they've been dragging their feet for so many years on so many issues here!! Cenk, I actually have GOP friends who are complaining about getting a rebate and want that money to go to other things like roads and schools!! Imagine that!! Republicans NOT wanting money and said money to go to programs that will benefit everyone!! What has this world come to???
Donald Trump !!!
Seriously, who would be against protecting children from hunger? I shouted in my car when I heard that ALL of our students would receive free lunch and breakfast.
Shouldn't the whole thing about protecting minors fall in this category? Stop this nonsense. They're kids. And who knows if a rich family is snorting their money, do we punish the children? It's sickening. The program needs to be extended, not cuts.
They are kids, rich or poor, Feed them ! And don't charge any of them. This should be done nationally, how wicked can we as a nation be?
@williammartinez Hey, Bill, Pennsylvania's governor just signed a bill to feed *all* school kids in PA. We have the ability for all States to do that--we just don't have the willingness to do it!
Amen! I agree. We are so glad Governor Walz is our governor in MN! ❤
If Republicans are Outraged about what you are doing, then you are doing the right thing.
As a "non-parent"; I am TOTALLY WITH Governor Walz on this! He was a school teacher! HE KNOWS KIDS!
I'm a proud Minnesotan! Walz and the DFL Congress are a beacon to the rest of the nation.
Mark Dayton was a good governor too!
I agree ❤
Free tax for the rich, but God forbid free food for kids.
You kids see what Republicans think of you? Remember that when you're old enough to vote.
If there was a bill to give every child a gun, the Reps would vote for it in a minute.
No, they wouldn’t. But why should I pay for your kids food? Everyone advocating for this are the ones who benefit. Come pay my bills. Oh, you do t want to because it’s not your problem? Well neither are your kids for me.
Plus, kids are mandated to be in school. They MUST be there so they should be fed. It’s just so obvious.
Shhhhh... you are using logic. People who are against this are heartless f'ing sons of bitches
Thank you Governor Walz! Right now Minnesota has a surplus of tax dollars and Walz is helping a lot of kids with this program. ❤️MNGov
Free lunches has been an embarrassment to the kids who need it. Just give it to every child, cuts down on paperwork and ensures a lunch for everyone.
Walz is the best governor we have ever had here in Minnesota! He has got more done for the people of our state than all red states combined. This morning, my bank account had an extra $520 because Walz demanded that our states tax surplus be sent back to us in a rebate!
Show me 1 red state that is giving their residence a rebate check.
This can happen to you if vote BLUE!!
But but but, SOCIALISM!! Glad for you and your state!
Hooray for that realistic Minnesota Governor!! Loved that line where the Governor spoke about Republicans wanted tax cuts but the Republicans are willing keep food from poor households.
🙄🙄..
The greed and pointless selfishness of this country is just putrid!!! 😤😤
Stop wasting time trying to find ways to withhold food from children!! Just feed the children, FFS!!! 😒😒
I live in Minnesota and I wholeheartedly agree with free food for kids. One of my son's is going into 6th grade this year and the other one is almost 4 and I am a single mom. I'm so thankful. When I was a kid we were that family that struggled cuz my mom was also a single mom of two and she tried so hard to get reduced lunch for us but she made just a little too much.
Walz is on point in MN. The state is a perennial leader in education, healthcare, civil rights, economy and jobs. No surprise it is primarily a democratic led state. They get things done.
If I were a Minnesota farmer, grocer, or retail/wholesale grocer, I would be so pissed off at the GOP in this state. Every school meal is a dollar going into the local agricultural economy.
Good point, but rural Minnesotans are much too stupid to realize this. Many good people, just stupid and brainwashed.
There should be a mean testing for government handouts to corporations.
Better yet... no hand outs to them AT ALL
These are our kids. We pay tax dollars. What is the problem with feeding our children in our schools with our tax dollars?
@darlenejames4341. There should not be a problem. The money to subsidize free schools meals, goes to bill out cooperations, billionaire’s ventures, cover tax breaks for the elite, etc. The children are our future. GOP elites feel they will live forever. No vision for this country. So sad 😞
i am a retired teacher, and I've always thought that breakfast and lunch should be free for everyone. The free lunch program is supposed to be anonymous, but most kids know which other kids are getting free lunch. We don't charge for heat in schools, the books,, chairs etc are free to students , why should the basic need of food be a bone of contention, something that even has to be discussed?
Exactly! These right-wingers are completely against anything that helps anyone that isn't well-off or rich. It's disgusting!
Public schools should provide breakfast and lunch , I don’t care what party you are . This shouldn’t be a debate!
It's a recruitment ploy. If the kids are hungry then they don't learn and are more likely to become republicans. They've been attacking educating the people for years and have actually had some significant success. Especially in the south.
Hooray for you, that’s the way a
“Real American” address an issue. Justice for all 👏👏
I think it’s really ‘Mean Testing’ instead of ‘MeansTesting’. Kids of any school age don’t need to feel ashamed bc they can’t afford lunch. Bravo Gov Walsh! Common sense and humane!
I work at 2 schools that offer free lunch to all kids and I can tell you from first hand knowledge, there are kids that enjoy their only real meal they get on a daily basis because their families are truly in need. These kids are in school for at least 8 hrs a day and a school feeding them lunch everyday for free is not going to kill the city, county, state or federal budget. Republicans continue to show they care about life while in the womb but could care less once outside the womb.
Thank you, Cenk. You mentioned the main advantage: Making the lunches available to all students avoids the stigma and shame for the poor, associated with receiving a free lunch.
You know why they're upset? Because now they can't look down on anyone in the cafeteria for getting free meals anymore
Financial reasons aren’t the only reasons that children don’t get fed…. JUST FEED ALL THE CHILDREN!!! I don’t even know why it is up for discussion.
Americans are so conflicted..
To feed the children, or not feed the children?
Heckuva question! 🧐
I live in Minnesota and I just love Tim Walz! So smart and down to earth. Also, I’m sure sometimes wealthy students are neglected by their parents or other circumstances lead to them needing a free school lunch too. Just feed the children is right
Same here,I still laugh when I see those stupid ass "Walz Failed" signs up from that nutjob Scott Jensen. Matt Birk was on the first flight back to Florida after getting their asses spanked election night. Birk,at one point,was the heir to Goodell for the next NFL Commish but his big mouth got him fired from that gig,must have been some pretty stupid shit he said to fall SO FAR,SO FAST.
It’s BEEN this bad. I grew up in absolute poverty and my family was never once able to get free or even discounted lunch, even though more often than not, we couldn’t afford groceries in general. By age 4, I already knew not to say I was hungry/still hungry out loud, otherwise I’d see one of my exhausted parents pretending they weren’t hungry in order to give us their share of the meal. This country is sick 😓
There isn't a single reason to MEANS TEST School Food programs, healthcare, education, housing.
I live in Minnesota and got our money yesterday. Plus, I have a child in school, and some of her friends come from low income families. This is a great thing Tim is doing.
I voted for Tim Walz. He is great!! Proud to be in Minnesota!
Same here!😊
I am a single mom In MN. Before this passed my twin boys were at risk of not being able to graduate because of lunch debt. A debt I couldn't pay.
I am so glad they will be able to graduate now. And you and your kids NEVER should have had to go through that!
It’s so sickening!!!!!!
We hid our poverty but it gets exposed in the school lunchroom. So embarrassing for kids!!!!!!!
FFS... how are we debating about FEEDING CHILDREN.... out of all the shit going on in this country, the fact there are people arguing against this kills all my hope for the future. If you don't have enough of a conscience to allow this... we're all doomed...
They sleep better if they know poor kids go hungry. Devout Christians, real patriots and proud Drumb supporters.
HOW CAN ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD NOT AFFORD TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN ONE MEAL??? WTF???
We can
We can if the wealthy would STOP voting it down. 😡
As with basically every thing that you can see in our country and say this about, we *literally* can afford it, but are *actively choosing* (at a higher political level) not to implement these programs. Medicare doesn't negotiate drug prices despite the fact that we pay 10x more than other countries for drugs. We could literally be saving billions of dollars each year on that alone, regardless of *anything* else we did.
We have all the resources to end almost every issue American citizens are facing. The richest people in our country are just *refusing* to allow us to implement them via their bought and paid for politicians.
Just feed all of the kids every where public and private!!!
Exactly!! And anyone complaining they don't have kids & shouldn't have to pay for other people's kids can f themselves. I don't have kids & I'll feed any kid poor or rich if hungry.
Omg as a struggling MN, this hurts. I owe the school $400+ because of multiple lunch plans. This program is a Godsend in a time where I have never made more and never had less.
I like that man. Sounds like a man who cares about the people.
Sounds like a Socialist, and I'm proud of his accomplishments! Too bad 99.999% of Democrats will never allow themselves to do something this good, because they afraid that word "Socialist" will stick to them. For them it is their political survival rather than doing the "right thing" or if you are a REAL Christian...the "Christian" or "Jesus" thing to do.
All children deserve free lunch no matter what their income is. Now, if they choose to bring their own food and don't like school food that's their business.
I agree with him. If it's mandatory for children to be in school, it should be mandatory for the children to be fed.
I work at a school in California. We have been free for 2 years. Its great. 😊
Since we require people to send their children to school, it only makes sense that we make sure those children are fed properly while they're at school. And no child should ever have to undergo the embarrassment of being told they can't have lunch because their care-giver fell behind on paying for their school meals. And providing meals for all students across the board takes away one more thing for bullies to use to pick on other students about.
And if feeding children is so offensive, you may home school your own children or send them to private school.
Not to mention they are KIDS and should all get the same chances at the same food. Not considering how unrealistic federal poverty guidelines are, some parents have more kids, or some parents are cheap or greedy or abusive. This feeds all of them.
I have lived in Tennessee's Medicare gap for years. These people forget that you can work two jobs and still be too poor to qualify for means tested programs. I am sooooo rooting for the TN3 to drive more voters to vote Democrat.
We need to take care of our kids over here in Tennessee, regardless of their income, not only is it necessary for any hunger that exist but it’s a lesson with end itself, they learn how to talk to each other, manners, sharing.. there is no down side to it. If the rich kids don’t want to sit with their poor friends they don’t have to eat. Who cares... Any investment for kids is a good investment in America.
From MN and proud of TN3!
We’ve got a fight on our hands in America, but, these 3 give me hope!!
As does my Gov Walz!
Too many Americans have this knee jerk reaction of "someone ese is getting something, so I must be losing something" . We're talking about getting kids some cheap arse food to shovel down in their 20-minute lunch break, so they may actually be able to learn something. Quit crying about it.
I live in MN and it really helps alot and I'm a Republican and yes I voted for walz and I will again because he does alot of good for the people....
So there’s kids they’d rather NOT feed?? So birth but not food? 🤦♀️
"Just feed our children."
Seems like a pretty logical choice to me.
We are the richest country in the history of the world and we cannot agree on feeding ALL of our children. Am I missing something??
Was it that Christian blood God who said blah blah blah ''...suffer the little children... '' blah blah blah...
Greedy and selfish
Ask republicans
Think about how morally poor a person has to be for them to deny children food.
Proud to live in Northern MN. I was a free lunch kid, it was means tested... I like this better.
I am moving to Minnesota... their hearts are in the right place.
Welcome! Hopefully you don't mind the cold or being let down perennially by the local pro sports teams that aren't the lynx 😂
@@guerillamask42 my poor son is a Loons fan in MLS. Every year something happens that breaks his poor heart.
Tim Walz is an educator him self. He has seen these type of problems first hand. He also served in our country's military.
Bravo Governor Walz bravo!
As a single parent mom in Minnesota i used to worry about being able to give my child money for lunch every day. It was terrible.
For two years, all students were fed during the pandamic.
It can be done. Just feed the kids.
That's my Governor. Getting it done for Minnesotans. Very darned proud.
If you have to convince people to feed kids, you'll never convince them to feed kids.
Tim Walz was on top of the COVID problem. He held weekly press conferences with state officials. He let us know what he was planning and why. RepugnantQAns did not participate and attempted to block him at every turn. I am thankful that Gov. Walz was there for us!
Prisoners get free food but school students and children don't
Minnesota needs to give the elderly a break and quit taxing Social Security
A bill was passed in the last session. Over 75% of Minnesotans who receive Social Security benefits will now pay no state income tax on those benefits. Couples with an annual income up to $100,000 would be exempt from state tax on Social Security benefits, with a phased-out exemption for married filers who make up to $140,000.
Love my Governor! He’s compassionate, smart and no nonsense!!
I’m in Minnesota too he’s a great governor
Also a life long Minnesotan. Waltz is a decent governor, and certainly better than Tpaw, Ventura, and Carlson. That said, I wouldn't go so far as to call him great.
It isn't about money or cost, it's about cruelty.
Conservatives _enjoy_ knowing that some children go hungry and they will do anything to maintain that status quo.
Who is still voting for Republicans? 🙄
Brainwashed low iq people
Hey, Einstein, Trump is tied with Biden in the National Polls.
People who want to not only shoot themselves in the foot but others as well...
Bigots
People who work for a living and are tired of having half of their pay given to lazy people and corrupt politicians..
Growing up, my mom was a single parent raising us 3 kids by herself without child support We were latch key kids that only saw her on the weekends. Yet she just barely made too much for us to get any kind of food aid or qualified for assistant programs. It was a rough childhood.
Politicians need to understand this!
Blessings😊
I've never understood why most Republican politicians feel that children need practice going hungry.
Retired high school teacher here. I believe in free food for kids, but good god give them healthier food!
No food, no pro-life.
Before birth Republicans:
“All life is precious and we must protect it!”
After birth Republicans:
“F*ck them kids!”
That is the scary part. They don't even see it.
Those after birth republiturds should have been those after birth abortions trump keeps crying about.
So Democrats are afterbirth
@@williethomas5116 Oh, they see it! I just don't know how they sleep at night.....
@@bwenluck9812 you are right down deep they know. It's part of that entire denying reality thing.
I would have taken Mr. "I've never met anyone hungry" for a 5 minute walk and showed him skid row! What a dirt bag!
I would take him to a food bank and make him pack boxes for a few weeks.
If we can't agree to feed kids over giving tax cuts is sickening. We have lost our morality.
I agree 👍. Feeding the children is not in Republicans play book. Least in the church.
It's an agriculture state ! They could help their own farmers by buying MN instead of looking for federal subsidies.
I once saw this PSA where 6 kids are in school & during lunch 1 of them had no food so a kid that brought their lunch gave the boy some chips. The PSA was about how roughly 1 in 6 kids in The U.S. face poverty in that they go hungry, & for many kids school lunch may be the only meal they get a day. So, this is why it's so important for programs like SNAP to remain in place to ensure we prevent actual living children from going hungry in The U.S.
Yet, the MORON Republicans want to WEAKEN this ESSENTIAL PROGRAM!
Kids are required to be in school x hours per day. Schools provide the textbooks, desks, pencils and papers, lights, heat, space, bathrooms - but are not required to provide food and water ? Show me one criminal in one other prisoner who is required to buy his own food and water.
I went through my entire school years getting govt lunch cards. There's a difference between hungry and very hungry. There's a difference between wrestling roaches out of food and having the means to hire someone to cook your food for you. The lunch ticket was for many days my only meal. I have turned out to become a very productive citizen to continue the help paying my taxes. VOTE BLUE 💙
Government's SOLE responsibility is to provide goods and services "...FOR THE COMMON GOOD.".
Thats my Governor! Mr Walz should be president this guy is amazing. Ana you are smart and beautiful.
If the Military can be feed, I don't see why school kids can't.
Hell, we could feed all our kids with all the food that is wasted by the military!
I know this b/c I was married to an army cook & I also worked in a mess hall while we were overseas.
He used to come home from field maneuvers with 10 lb. canned hams that were gonna be thrown away. I used to have to dump out entire steam table sized pans of roast beef. The amount of food waste was sickening!
Who benefits from educating our citizens? All students should be fed to go to school to benefit the companies that need them to work for them! WTF is wrong with this country?
Feed all the children rich or poor throughout the entire country, no questions asked, period
Here in Minneapolis, there is a lot of money going into discrediting Walz. He was getting a lot of death threats during covid. Clearly, the establishment is threatened by him.
Investing in healthcare,food ,childcare
And the people who actually pay taxes
Ever notice how republicans scream about family values - and have none ?
That is why so many people do not want kids. That is what I do not understand people want to tell a woman what to do with her body. When those babies get here you have parents that struggle to get help for their children.
Republican christians HATE fully developed, actually born babies
Feed the kids. Feed them all.
I'm 57, and I'm still looking for anything positive that a Conservative/Republican/Right winger has contributed to society.
Good luck with that you'll have better luck finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow than finding right-wingers doing anything good.
Greedy Old Party
The Rockefeller Republicans (liberal republicans) from like the 1950s, 60s and 70s were pretty cool. They voted for things like the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. However, once the conservatives completely took over the republican party, those guys became a dying breed.
As a full-time working single parent who has had to apply for benefits before, I will tell you it is not only a part time job to be audited constantly for $100 /mth. in food stamps or some help with childcare, you are treated as if you are guilty before being innocent , It is totally demoralizing and it should not be.
Single moms are the largest source of the problem. You should’ve chose a better partner, heaux.
@@coryluke12 It's so easy to blame women, isn't it? Those sperm donors should've been better partners from the get-go.
@@coryluke12: Don't you realize how cruel and heartless your comment is making you sound? You don't know what somebody else is going through in their life. Please have some empathy and compassion.
wow! Judgemental much? you have no idea how i ended up being alone with a child . I guarantee you it wasn't because there was a shitty baby daddy.people like you made my difficult situation even worse. And because of that help i now have an amazing grown child who is kind and hey....making good money and paying her taxes.@@coryluke12
thank you. exactly @@symonelewis1690
All children in my school district here in Michigan get free breakfast and lunch. Great job!
It ain’t free. Nothing is free. When I went to school in 70’s there was no free lunch. It was damn cheap , but it wasn’t “ free”. Sad state of country that we even have to give un paid for lunches throughout nation. Thought this was the richest country on earth ? I know it isn’t but we say it is. People just not been doing good for years. Very sad. Property tax pay for this or a state subsidized program.
Rich and poor pay taxes. Give free lunches to all kids. The wealthier families won’t let their kids eat the free lunch anyways. It’s a win win.
You don't know how cheap RICH people are. Statistics indicate that those making more than $250,000 a year TIP lower than those people making $60,000 a year. FACT. They will take the free lunch for their children.
Statistically speaking, the rich actually regularly avoid paying their taxes through a myriad of loopholes they've wormed in through their very well paid lawyers.
Who is providing the free lunches?
If it were up to me there would be free breakfasts and lunches. How does one expect a hungry child to get through the morning and learn anything? The cost of feeding children breakfast and lunch is minimal and with some planning we could also instill some healthy eating habits into their lives.
Kids do not learn when they are hungry.Period.
Assuming GoP cares about education
Governor Walsh is 100% right to make all school lunches free. In MN if you’re making $6.50/hour 40 hours a week, you don’t qualify for any cash assistance from the county. Meanwhile the average rent for a 2BR apartment is around $1,500-$1,800/month
I am proud to be a Minnesotan where the DFL Democrat Farmer Labor party has been the party in control most of my life. We need only look to east to our drunken Republican neighbors in Wisconsin and see how much better off we are in Minnesota by every measurable metric. I really think the Dems in the rest of the country need to take a note and get in touch with the farmers and labors unions the way they do in Minnesota. Republicans have co-opted so much of the farming and blue collar workers while never doing anything to actually help them.
This Wisconsinite agrees.
Absolutely..
I'm old now, I guess. I don't ever remember paying for a school lunch. I brought lunch usually because I liked choosing better food. But for goodness sake, the food isn't a really significant expense for school kids. It's all the tech, the property, the labor, the maintenance. A gargantuan crate of lasagna is hardly a massive government overreach or benefit to the rich kids. This should be nothing we ever argue about. Just feed the damn kids when you have them all day. That's applicable to everyone, everywhere, for every situation. If you are in charge of the kids for more than 4 hours, feed them. Done.
Public school is completely funded by tax dollars... except for lunch... just do it already for the love of...
"The haves and the have nots in the school lunch room is not a necessary thing, just feed our children"
When I was in elementary school, there'd be a PA announcement that the "blue ticket" kids could come pick them up. We had to stand up in front of the class amd go get them. Everyone knew who we were. I'm 60, it was 3rd grade, and I remember it like it was yesterday.
I will never understand “means testing” for school lunches. You never know what goes on in someone else’s home. What if their parents got a divorce and one parent just screwed the other and can’t afford it. What if the parents technically should be able to afford it but have insane medical bills. What if the parents are neglectful or worse. I can come up with a thousand different scenarios that won’t/can’t be taken into account by a means test. Just feed freaking kids.
Most of these families work, they just work for low wages. Even though some work several jobs, and are below the poverty level, they will not qualify for free lunch that is income based.
When I was in school, they used to ask in “home room” in the morning for us to raise our hands if we had “free lunch”. I was always too embarrassed to raise my hand. I didn’t eat lunch for years. 😢. I’m lucky my kids never had to do this. NO kid should EVER have to worry about eating!!
Sounds like BS. Why would they need to know if you needed a free lunch in your home room?