▲ 2195 ▼ Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 3 years ago* by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments Students in Massachusetts will get free lunch and breakfast at school thanks to a new 4% tax put on people who earn more than $1 million.
[–] fylkenny@feddit.de 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) What are approved nicknames? That's usually not how nicknames work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) I read an article about it recently. If a student asks to be called by a name other than the one they were registered with (for example, Benjamin asks to be called Ben or William asks to be called Sir Buttface) the school is supposed to inform the parents and get approval. A "side" effect of this is outing trans kids to their parents. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fylkenny@feddit.de 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for explaining. Does sound like the only effect this law has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago The other (minor but possibly cumulative) effect is that it annoys every parent whose child doesn't go by their birth name. Enough little cuts like that and the GOP loses plenty of voters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) I read an article about it recently. If a student asks to be called by a name other than the one they were registered with (for example, Benjamin asks to be called Ben or William asks to be called Sir Buttface) the school is supposed to inform the parents and get approval. A "side" effect of this is outing trans kids to their parents. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fylkenny@feddit.de 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for explaining. Does sound like the only effect this law has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago The other (minor but possibly cumulative) effect is that it annoys every parent whose child doesn't go by their birth name. Enough little cuts like that and the GOP loses plenty of voters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fylkenny@feddit.de 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Thanks for explaining. Does sound like the only effect this law has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago The other (minor but possibly cumulative) effect is that it annoys every parent whose child doesn't go by their birth name. Enough little cuts like that and the GOP loses plenty of voters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago The other (minor but possibly cumulative) effect is that it annoys every parent whose child doesn't go by their birth name. Enough little cuts like that and the GOP loses plenty of voters. permalink fedilink source parent