▲ 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.
[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 years ago The GOP is dead set on continuing something called "school lunch debt." Let that phrase sink in for a moment. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/03/1173535647/schools-ended-universal-free-lunch-now-meal-debt-is-soaring https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1167163106 https://jacobin.com/2023/05/universal-free-school-meals-program-act-lunch-debt-opposition permalink fedilink source parent