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Kasz216 on 19 November 2011
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Jexy said:
mrstickball said:
 


Subsidies and regulations. Did you watch Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution? He went into the heard of the Los Angeles school district to try to get them to embrace healthier foods. No one on the council wanted it, because the government and corporations were giving them subsidies to serve horrible foods.

Comparatively, look at private schools: They have no regulations nor subisidies, and the result is much better, healthier food.


Just so you see what I wrote:  Obviously private schools can afford it because they don't take illegal immigrant children OR poor people since only wealthy people can afford private schools, which means they can pay for more expensive and healthier meals.  Public schools NEED subsidies in order to afford the cheapest foods, and by bulk, they are not the most healthy. 

When a parent sends their kid to private school and gives them $5-$10 for lunch money, they don't think about it because they HAVE money.  That's why most 1%ers have their children in private schools.  Not public.  In many schools, kids come to school with NO money and you STILL have to feed them.  I don't see any healthy corporation willing to feed kids in school for free because... they can't afford to do that and stay in business yet.  Remember, when a company bids for a government contract they have to be the LOWEST bidder. 

Again.... none of that is actually true.

First off, lowest bid contracts have REQUIREMENTS.

So if say... I offer to feed children with dirt for a penny a day... they don't have to accept it.

So you know, all it takes is setting nutrition requirments.

Secondly, most private schools AREN'T for the rich... and in general, private schools spend much less per child, on everything.  The Tuition people pay to get their kids in private school is actually less then the government pays for public school.  Hence the push for school vouchers.  More rich people put their kids in private school on AVERAGE however that's because they have the money to spend on schools that work better because they tend to avoid the wastefull school bueracracies, and in somecases even the teachers unions.  The only reason more poor people don't is because they don't have the money, often due to taxes they pay for schools anyway.  (Hence again, the push for vouchers.)

Thirdly, yes still by bulk, healthy foods are the cheapest.  Heck Armark who is one of the big food distrbutors ran one of the best, cheapest and healthy cafeteria's i've ever seen.