Made in America can drive the ecomomy and lift people from poverty

My ninth grader daughter and my wife and I were discussing the school lunch the other day. Our daughter remarked she thought they should eliminate the snack line, where kids can buy nachos, pretzels, fries and other junk food like that. Her reasons were kind of sweet but sparked a vigorous defense of the system by her mother and me. She believes because the children on free or reduced lunches can not go in the snack line because with the free and reduced program children can't buy snacks unless they have brought there own cash.

So her mother and I explained to her that first of all we all agree that children should not go hungry and society has decided to make sure children are fed at school regardless of the parents ability to pay. Then we went on to explain to her however with someone else footing the bill there are normally rules and controls put in place. we explained to her that rather then removing the snack bar so the other kids did not feel bad we should focus on lifting everyone up through a robust economy where everyone could afford the snack bar. with education and a robust economy more and more of her classmate's families would be able to afford the snacks!

I believe at my children's school 2 out of three are on free or reduced lunch and we need more jobs for these families and these children as they approach adulthood! Remember when it is American Made, Americans Paid! Keep you money at home and our jobs will stay home too. Always look for the Made in the USA label!