Another Do Gooder Failure

[bhunter]

Michelle Obama's failed lunch program! Hey, we'll dictate from the top what's required—the only problem is that the kids ain't eating it. Now, who the hell is stupid enough not to have seen this coming. Tha asshole control freaks will now likely blame advertisers for offering alternatives and pontificate what's good for children while pointing a weary finger towards GW and those dastardly republicans.

As I noted in 2011, the L.A. Unified School District pronounced the first lady’s federally subsidized initiative a “flop” and a “disaster.” Principals reported “massive waste, with unopened milk cartons and uneaten entrees being thrown away.” The problem has only worsened. The Los Angeles Times reported last month that the city’s students throw out “at least $100,000 worth of food a day — and probably far more,” which “amounts to $18 million a year.”

Draconian federal rules dictate calorie counts, whole-grain requirements, the number of items that children must put on their trays, and even the color of the fruits and vegetables they must choose. Asked for a solution, LAUSD Food Service Director David Binkle told the Times bluntly: “We can stop forcing children to take food they don’t like and throw in the garbage.”