Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out, state officials have announced.
The state has notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it will not participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children — or Summer EBT — program, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education said in a Friday news release.
“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions for the issues impacting children and families. An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic,” Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in the news release.
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A bipartisan group of Nebraska lawmakers have urged the state to reconsider, saying Summer EBT would address the needs of vulnerable children and benefit the state economically, the Journal Star reported.
Wait, did she just say some kids are too fat so they don’t want to feed any of them?
That’s how I read it too. I really hope not, but I’m also assuming this is a republican so probably.
They literally believe that the gubmint is feeding poor children so much they’ve become obese.
Gah, i feel dirty when i see things from their pov.
For $40/mth no less.
Upvote for the use of ‘gubmit’. Hadn’t seen before. Very funny.
Republicans wanna keep kids nice and fit for Matt Gaetz and the other diddlers in their party.
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That’s actually not the case. Per the linked article…
States that participate in the federal program are required to cover half of the administrative costs, which would cost an estimated $2.2 million in Iowa, the news release says.
Of course, that’s no excuse to turn this program down. Particularly since she also just announced that the state will “end Fiscal Year 2023 with a balance of $1.83 billion in the General Fund, $902 million in reserve funds and $2.74 billion in the Taxpayer Relief Fund.” $2.2 million is a drop in the bucket when it would benefit so many needy children.
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$40 is not enough to feed a kid for an entire month, and it’s only for low-income kids, not all kids. And it’s only for the summer, not year-round. It’s a good thing and a no-brainer, but it’s not feeding every kid in the state. It’s not even completely feeding the kids it benefits.
Meanwhile farmers in Iowa get the majority of their income off the fat teat of the US government. Go fuck yourself hypocrites.
An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic,”
Holy fuck… she’s literally saying that your kids should starve because other kids are fat.
She probably meant - colored kids can starve because white kids are too fat.
It’s such a weird hill to die on, too. We pay, what, 15k/kid per year of education? 120 bucks is too much, though.
They do this for so many things. The death penalty is far more expensive than life in prison, but they’d rather be cruel than save the money that they always say shouldn’t be spent.
They just think the answer is to kill them faster to save money.
To be fair. It’s not like the appeals system works when SCOTUS denied one on the basis that we have to respect the jury, even after literally everyone involved in the trial said there was exculpatory evidence missing from the trial.
So it doesn’t matter how bad the trial was anymore. Any death sentence must stand under their reasoning.
SCOTUS, or at least Scalia, has also decided that innocence isn’t a compelling reason to be spared execution.
We should never let these vermin get away with calling themselves “pro-life.”
“finality”
“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions for the issues impacting children and families."
“…so instead we the GOP are going to replace this unsustainable program with nothing making a future problem a problem of today!” /s
“An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic,” Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in the news release.”
“While yes, EBT card is useful to buy all kinds of healthy food such as fresh produce, staples such as beans and rice, as well as great protein choices such as chicken, pork or beef, you may not be aware that EBT card can also buy sugar! And, you may not be aware, its possible for someone to consume enough sugar to gain weight. Therefore the GOP solution is to remove the EBT card which grants access to this sugar (as well as all the other food). By doing this those children that are overweight will effectively be put on a starvation diet where their bodies will slowly first digest their body’s muscle and put their liver at risk by forcing ketosis. Those children that don’t happen to be overweight, and will suffer tremendously, should have thought about that before they let all their peers eat too much.” /s
I mean… do you need the /s when you’re just de-politicizing the language and not changing the message?
Some kids are fat so poor kids should starve?
Holy shit GOP.
There’s a very good chance the kids that are overweight are overweight in part because the parents can’t afford better food as junk food is often cheaper. This could just worsen the problem.
Yup. Not to mention, distended bellies are also a symptom of malnourishment. These are the people who will point at starving kids in Africa and claim they’re fat.
I’d never heard of that, wow. That’s so shitty.
I love when this happens and they present no alternative. Choosing a losing option instead of accepting an imperfect effort. Try to improve it? No surely not. Throw it all away. If a social program helps someone I deem unworthy of aid it must be removed.
How small of a person.
Their entire party is built around making their constituents angry at other people. Earnst us trying to enrage people because she’s ameyeing a national positikn.
I think it’s time to just call them on it. Everyone believes in feeding kids. It’s not controversial. It’s the ethical right thing to do. There is no disagreement between parties here. She’s just doing this to try and stir up anger at "them/“others” because she thinks it will make a subset of people vote for her.
The biggest Republican. Is still a fucking small person.
There were places here where you could grab a free box lunch during the summer.
Were or are?
That was 30 years ago. No clue.
Repugnants: “We hate kids.”
It’s really sad because I grew up poor and relied on food assistance at school for a reliable meal during the weekdays. If I had to not eat lunch most weeks I think my childhood would’ve been arguably a lot worse
it’s infuriating. And not “mildly” infuriating. this is full on, rage-inducing pisses me off. Fortunately, we’re going the way up here; funding more free lunches.
but but we saved them from the evil doctors and liberals when they were in the womb, they should be thanking us.
No no, “we hate YOUR kids”.
They like hating things that don’t exist,
They hate their own too
This is so fucking stupid, not only does this feed kids the money goes to local retailers but a huge chunk also buys Iowa food products. What the fuck is wrong with that idiot
Yeah but wealthy donors are complaining the people aren’t desperate enough to take whatever job for whatever salary.
And Jesus said, onto thee, fuck them kids.
“God, I want to hurt children so much.” - Republicans
An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic,
Poor nutrition is when the poors have too much access to food. /s
She added, “If the Biden Administration and Congress want to make a real commitment to family well-being, they should invest in already existing programs and infrastructure at the state level and give us the flexibility to tailor them to our state’s needs.”
Read: “Give us money and let us cut taxes for our ultrawealthy donors yet again.”
Wouldn’t “schools and their kitchens/cafeterias existing” count as existing programs and infrastructure?
In theory, sure.
In practice, the GOP has made it a core issue to defund schools and remove free and subsidized lunches, so it’s unlikely that any money given to the governor’s administration would go towards anything of the sort.
“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions for the issues impacting children and families. An EBT card does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic,” Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in the news release.
Okay, so they have a better program they’re implementing instead to address those issues?
Well those kids are obese. Probably do them some good to drop a few pounds right?
Seems like a great way to campaign, “you’re kids are fat so i am goibg to starve them to make them healthy?”
The “pro-life” and “protect the children” party at work
“hey shut up” - conservatives
Twelve million children are food insecure in the “Greatest Country on Earth™” and they want to cut spending to feed them.
Surprise, surprise that Republican Christians don’t give a fuck about the welfare of kids in poverty.
Republican Christian should be considered a Sect in this religion.
Sounds like a state that needs to put more funding into basic education.
They are trying to abolish that too
