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Hal, Now your just being ridiculous. Whoever signs the check has nothing to do with whether the child gets fed or not. Your position advocates that taxpayers should just eat the losses. Somebody somewhere wrote that the delinquent lunch bills should be forwarded to the DMV instead of shaming the kids. I largely agree that stopping a parents vehicle registration or license renewal is better than embarrassing a child. Of course the DMv would screw it up & block the renewals of peole that don't even have kids in Warwick schools.

72% of the delinquent parents don't qualify for free or reduced lunch. They're just deadbeats that choose their drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, tattoos, etc over feeding their kids. 4 notices are sent home before the policy kicks into effect. Normal parents might forget to recharge the account. After 1 notice they pay the bill. Society does a lot for our collective children. At some point it's time for parents with the means pay for their kids lunches.

Keeping government as small as possible is crucial to keeping society affordable for everyday people. Politicians love to push costs down the road to be paid for by the children & grandchildren of the electorate the politicians have to answer to today. Private companies negotiate in good faith & come to terms in an arms length negotiations.