Johnson's war on poverty is now Trump era's war on the poor

Under a policy being considered by a school district in New Jersey, students with school lunch debts of $20 or more would be denied food, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

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For $20??!

During a school board meeting on Tuesday, Lynn Shugars, the assistant superintendent of the Cherry Hill school district, which is just 20 miles outside of Philadelphia, proposed that the policy, which is already on the books, be "fully followed," according to the Inquirer.

“I know that that will not be a popular decision. No one wants to see a child upset because they can’t get what they want for lunch,” Shugars said. “But I feel that we are at a point ... where that’s the stance that we should take.”

Because they can't get what they want??! Like food, you mean, Marie Antoinette?

And, that's not even the worst of it.

[A] representative for the district, Barbara Wilson, told the paper that the district is unwilling to accept outside donations to pay off lunch debts.

So, it's not the money. It's the desire to punish poor people. As if poverty isn't punishment enough.

Shugars has expressed suspicion that some parents may be failing to pay off the lunch debts for reasons other than financial need.

Out of the school district’s annual $211 million budget, roughly $3 million is directed toward the meal program, according to the Inquirer.

Last school year, the program reportedly raked in a profit of $200,000.

Jesus wept screamed.