Vending Machines In School

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Is the government money worth the loss and are the new regulations set by the US Department Of Agriculture really working?
The schools are told if you do not follow our guidelines you can not get the reimbursements for the free and reduced lunches. I for one do not believe the problem is at the school and who has time to drink 4 soda's and eat a bag or two of chips during school? During school you get a lunch break and even then you might have time for one drink and a candy bar. The new regulations on school vending machines are not the answer to the problem it is at home where the choices of meals is going to make a difference. Why is it ok for the government to say no more so called bad foods in school but we will still let all the food stamp recipients continue to use the food stamps to buy those same so called bad foods with tax dollars? Even the department that's sets the rules has said in a written report that there is no way to determine what is or what is not bad for you (WHAT?) (No clear standards exist for defining foods as good or bad, or healthy or not healthy. ) http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/FSPFoodRestrictions.pdf

So if the report says there is no clear standard for defining foods as good or bad or healthy or not how did they determine what was good for the school vending machine?
School vending machines are a way for the Nutrition department to take revenue out of the local schools hands but what they failed to see is no one is eating the items they suggest they put in, so they will remove the machines from the school and then the kids will simply go home and gorge on it there. We have a local conveyance store about 3 blocks from our high school and the kids simple stop in there and buy their morning drinks and candy before getting to school.

The revenue from the vending sales has just been shifted to the local store and away from the school that all and that is not the answer. I believe before the government goes around stating how bad the vending machines are for the kids they need to look at what they allow to be sold with tax payer dollars 1st.

"By Lindel Creed"
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