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Cutting School Food Subsidies. Policy Analysis. Number 993

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Publicado en:Cato Institute (2025)
Autor principal: Edwards, Chris
Autor Corporativo: Cato Institute
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Cato Institute
Materias:
Lunch Programs
Breakfast Programs
Food
Public Schools
Hunger
Nutrition
State Government
Local Government
Government Role
Educational Policy
Educational Legislation
Federal Legislation
Child Health
Federal Government
Federal Aid
Obesity
Deception
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Resumen:The US Department of Agriculture runs a large array of farm and food subsidy programs. The school lunch and breakfast programs are two of the largest, which together with related school food programs will cost federal taxpayers an estimated $35 billion in 2025. Thirty million children, about 58 percent of students in public schools, receive school food benefits. The original goal of the school lunch and breakfast programs was to tackle hunger, but the main nutrition problem for children today is not inadequate calories but excessive consumption of unhealthy foods and obesity. Hence, subsidizing school food is an outdated use of federal dollars. Congress should repeal school food programs to reduce budget deficits and hand power back to the states. State and local governments should decide what sort of school food policies to adopt for their own residents.
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