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NewsNational NewsGa. lawmaker says kids getting free school lunches should get fast food jobs

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested that students receiving free meals at school get jobs instead, arguing that such programs are another means for children “to sponge off the government” in response to the fallout from President Trump’s federal aid freeze.“When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school,” said McCormick during an interview with CNN on Tuesday.“I don’t know about you, but I worked since I was, before I was even 13 years old,” he continued. “I was picking berries in the field before we had child labor laws that precluded that. I was a paperboy. And when I was in high school, I worked my entire way through.”The Georgia Republican then recommended kids today follow his example, arguing those who don’t are essentially on “welfare.”

“I mean, how many people got their start at fast foGeorgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested that students receiving free meals at school get jobs instead, arguing that such programs are another means for children “to sponge off the government” in response to the fallout from President Trump’s federal aid freeze.“When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school,” said McCormick during an interview with CNN on Tuesday.“I don’t know about you, but I worked since I was, before I was even 13 years old,” he continued. “I was picking berries in the field before we had child labor laws that precluded that. I was a paperboy. And when I was in high school, I worked my entire way through.”The Georgia Republican then recommended kids today follow his example, arguing those who don’t are essentially on “welfare.”
od restaurants when they were kids?” he said. “Versus just giving a blanket rule that gives all kids lunches in high school who are capable of going out and actually getting a job and doing something that makes them have value, thinking about their future instead of thinking about how they’re going to sponge off the government.”The White House Office of Management and Budget issued a memo on Monday directing federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance,” according to Reuters.symbol00:1603:00Read MoreIn the meantime, Trump said his administration would reevaluate how the government allocates funding to such programs, among them Head Start, which helps provide early childhood education, care and nutritional assistance for children from low-income households.

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