Colorado passes free lunch for all school kids, will pay by taxing the wealthy.

[Tanuki]

Good for them!

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134832752/colorado-free-school-lunch-results-measure-midterms?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr

"Colorado voters approved a ballot measure to provide free meals for all public school students, according to a call from The Associated Press.

By a comfortable 55 percent to 45 percent margin, they voted to create a program to provide those meals and help schools pay for them, according to election results.

The measure will help schools pay for the meals by raising $100 million a year by increasing taxes on the state's richest residents. Those making more than $300,000 a year will see their state tax deductions limited, increasing their taxable income."...(more)

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[MLAA]

2. This should be the law of the land. No kid hungry or ostracized.

[halfulglas]

3. I so agree with this.

[mountain grammy]

5. Agree, 100%

[iluvtennis]

30. +++ Agree.

[Yonnie3]

4. It is hard to learn on an empty stomach.

The free school lunch program I knew was only for some students deemed needy. They had to line up at only one of the registers and got their names checked off a list. Every one knew who was poor.

I felt that that was the wrong way to do it, even though I was only a fourth grader. A universal lunch program fixes that and helps any who have fallen through the cracks in the program

[FlyingPiggy]

6. This should be done nationally. No excuses. WTG Colorado!!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

7. The rich need to be taxed

at 90% like in the 70's imagine nobody would be unhoused and going hungry.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. Yes and this time get rid of all the tax loopholes.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Yes close the loopholes

And make the tax code so simple so no one can"misinterpret it".or quibble over what they owe.

Your income level is___
You pay this much ____this year.

Revise it up every year on the wealthiest.

I would also recommend that the proposals for all bills be limited to 150 pages long. It would reduce the shit republicans can tack on to potential legislation.

And each "christmas tree"be filed as 500 word proposals to be voted on individually up or down. Same with the pork proposals.

[SouthernDem4ever]

20. I agree

Even though it would eviscerate an entire tax industry.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Except we did have homeless and hungry in the 70s. Loads of them even.

We needn't have any hungry or homeless right now, with the money we already have. It's a question of priorities, and the "family values" party actually kinda hates kids and families.

Hate kids, like big bombs, love oil.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

13. The family values crowd

Hates life,hates a future they cant dominate and hate people different from them. They hate people that say no to them and who dont tolerate being abused or bullied.

They love suffering,poverty,abuse and death.
They are sociopathic at minimum narcissistic.

[oldsoftie]

34. NOBODY ever paid those rates. And the 90% didnt last past 1964; Kennedy/johnson lowered the rates.

Deductions in those days reduced everyones taxes a great deal. And those super high rates only applied to a tiny number of people to begin with. The effective rates for people making over a million was in the low 40% range.

Do away with most deductions. Treat all income the same. Same with corporation's; Make it a low rate with few deductions & they'll pay a higher effective rate than they do today.

[AllyCat]

10. Excellent!

[Traildogbob]

12. Fantastic

Now make Boebert really experience HER “End if Days”. Gawds will.

[lpbk2713]

14. Well done Colorado voters.

Wealthy Coloradans must be apoplectic. Especially when they
think their money might be feeding little brown kids.

[jayschool2013]

51. Lots of wealthy Democrats in Colorado

Boulder, Aspen, Denver, particularly.

[Cha]

15. Yay for my home state.. I never

get tired of sayig that!

[moreland01]

16. Damn right!

We're a bunch of socialists in Colorado. LOL! Still not sure if the psilocybin mushrooms bill passed. Last I heard it was tied.

And we passed Ranked Choice Voting in Fort Collins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[generalbetrayus]

17. As of 2:28 PM today, the "Regulate Natural Medicine" proposition was

51.6 yes, 48.4 no, according to the Denver Post. Another good for US here in Colorado.

[AntivaxHunters]

18. We are & we got the local Denver Party to endorse Socialism!

It's absolutely beautiful!

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/29/denver-dsa-democrats-socialism/

[James48]

29. Interesting.

I have junk the New York version would fly better everywhere. USA for the many, not just the few.

[oldsoftie]

35. Yeah, THAT'LL win a national race. Bernie's already tried twice.

[AntivaxHunters]

37. It will win a national election

Need I remind you that Bernie tried twice WHEN young voters were no where near as large as a voting bloc that they are now.
They prefer Socialism over Capitalism.

Go left and win elections.

[oldsoftie]

39. Well this isn't a Socialist country & the Democratic Party isn't either.

Neither are most of the countries that Sanders claims to BE Socialist
its a pipe dream that "Go left" will win nationally.

[AntivaxHunters]

40. lol sure

LOL why are you so triggered & big mad?
It's not 1971 anymore.
You may wish to update your programming, name checks out though
We evolve as both a society and as a country and we're going to make sure you and your kids have healthcare & a planet they can live on.
Capitalism exploits the lower classes & is a huge reason why this social safety net in this country is God awful.
The age of old thinking is no longer the majority. And thank God it's not.

And I highly suggest you begin reading some MLK as fast as you can.
Oh BTW, this website has a "Socialist Progressives" group.

[oldsoftie]

41. So who do you propose to primary the President? Who is most certainly NOT "Socialist".

Capitalism has freed more people from poverty worldwide than any other system.
But you're free to believe total Socialism actually works. Try the true Socialist countries such as China Cuba North Korea etc. Venezuela being the latest example of the folly

[Elessar Zappa]

53. Socialism sucks.

Untold misery unleashed in the USSR, Cambodia, North Korea, Venezuela, etc.

[Autumn]

22. Yes it passed.

[EnterwebsJohn]

19. GREAT IDEA. They feed prisoners don't they. nt

[liberalmuse]

21. All states should follow.

No child should go hungry at school or home. Any "wealthy" country that lets kids go hungry isn't worth a damn.

[3Hotdogs]

23. Da fuck ????? The wealthy create jobs.

No wealthy = no jobs.

And yiz wanna tax ‘em out of existence?





🥸

[Evolve Dammit]

24. No, we want a return to a more realistic tax structure where the wealthy pay their share.

[twodogsbarking]

26. That is the argument from the, well, wealthy.

[AntivaxHunters]

31. lol no they don't

The wealthy exploit labor.

The working class in this country was it's most prosperous when the tax rate was in the 90% rate.
The fat cats don't pay shit & haven't in many years.
Eat the rich!

[Mopar151]

32. Supply side never did work...

Money has to be spent, to create demand! The higher the income, the smaller % spent, the larger the % saved, invested, or hoarded.

[CatWoman]

33. that's an old, worn out untruth often parroted by the right wing

[RANDYWILDMAN]

25. Phil Knight threw some extra coin at gov candidate in Oregon who could never win...

would rather have had the kids in Oregon having free lunch !!!!

[Goodheart]

27. That's excellent.

[Fla Dem]

28. Well done, let's hear the rich gripe about this.

[kentuck]

36. I voted...

...for that.

[Tanuki]

38. Meanwhile, it pains me to report that here in Tennessee....

Link to tweet

[MiHale]

42. KnR

[packman]

43. Damn Socialist program - Always asking for More, more, more

Bravo Colorado - lead the way

[kimbutgar]

44. That's great free school lunches should be everywhere in Thai country

In California we have free school lunch. Yesterday while I was subbing a kid came in after lunch with a school lunch and said it was going to be his dinner! I told him good but inside I was sad his school lunch was his dinner but also happy he had that food.

[colorado_ufo]

45. I am so proud of Colorado

for so many reasons, including Gov. Polis!

[onecaliberal]

46. California did this last year. It should be national.

[republianmushroom]

47. I like it. Thank you

[bluedigger]

48. It's nice to see someone besides dispensaries, and their customers, fund something for a change.

[ultralite001]

49. It's about damn time...

What a difference fairly taxing the wealthy can make...
Let's do it across this country...


That is all...

[Hotler]

50. The rich need to think of it as giving back to the community. Just think of how much good press

they could have got if they had all got together and said we will fund free meals for the kids. They might even got a big plaque put up downtown with their names on it.

Less selfishness might equal less taxes....

[world wide wally]

52. Colorado rocks!

So glad I live here