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<blockquote data-quote="tdismydog" data-source="post: 487654" data-attributes="member: 8440">You assume this will be a new tax? If you already do not trust government programs what makes you think that they wouldn't take the money anyway? The money coming in for free lunches is already in government or would becoming with another tax in some other form, why not force our state to dedicate funds to helping people, even though it may or may not be life or death for most families?This is a straw man fallacy. More education = more lifetime earnings. This does not hold true for everyone but data overwhelmingly shows this is the majority. So a less educated society would mean a poorer overall general population, which in a welfare state, would actually work against what you are trying to prevent. One article from an ultra conservative website does not make me a believer. One thing to remember that many if not most government programs help not hurt, yet the media's hasty generalizations would make you believe otherwise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tdismydog, post: 487654, member: 8440"] You assume this will be a new tax? If you already do not trust government programs what makes you think that they wouldn't take the money anyway? The money coming in for free lunches is already in government or would becoming with another tax in some other form, why not force our state to dedicate funds to helping people, even though it may or may not be life or death for most families? This is a straw man fallacy. More education = more lifetime earnings. This does not hold true for everyone but data overwhelmingly shows this is the majority. So a less educated society would mean a poorer overall general population, which in a welfare state, would actually work against what you are trying to prevent. One article from an ultra conservative website does not make me a believer. One thing to remember that many if not most government programs help not hurt, yet the media's hasty generalizations would make you believe otherwise. [/QUOTE]

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