On Tuesday, Georgia Representative Rich McCormick, a Republican, justified the effects of the White House’s federal assistance block on school lunch programs by arguing that some kids ought to be working rather than getting free lunches.
In a CNN interview, McCormick hailed the action as a means of rethinking government spending in general. CNN host Pamela Brown pointed out that one program that would be impacted.
Is Head Start, which assists in providing low-income families and children with nutritional support. She asked McCormick whether he would.
Be in favor of reducing funds for free meals and breakfasts. “Before child labor regulations prohibited it, I was picking berries in the field before I was even 13 years old.
I spent my whole high school career working as a paper boy,” McCormick said. “You’re telling me that children who choose to remain home over the summer rather.
Than work at McDonald’s or Burger King should stay home and eat their free lunch? I believe a top-down examination is necessary. McCormick said the federal funding.