▲ 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.
[+] zephyreks@lemmy.ca -10 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Then, idk, sell the lunch program on a semester-by-semester basis and offer subsidies for students who can't afford it? It isn't rocket science. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 3 years ago Ok, but why not just not? Just feed the damn kids and quit worrying that someone somewhere is getting something they could live without. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 years ago You're right that it isn't rocket science, but you are still making it more complicated than it needs to be. The solution is like how the kids are now getting ot for free in that state because of the new tax. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 3 years ago Ok, but why not just not? Just feed the damn kids and quit worrying that someone somewhere is getting something they could live without. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 years ago You're right that it isn't rocket science, but you are still making it more complicated than it needs to be. The solution is like how the kids are now getting ot for free in that state because of the new tax. permalink fedilink source parent