Below is an email from the Fort Atkinson School District inquiring if the district should take a grant for “FREE” breakfast and lunch during summer school. Following is a response from a concerned taxpayer in the Fort Atkinson School District. I have a call in to the “Nutrition Director” to see where exactly the grant is coming from. Update: The “Nutrition Director” told me the grant is called: The Simplified Summer Food Service Program for Children . Here is the link: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/fns/summerchoices.html I don’t think anyone should be getting “free” lunch. Nothing is “FREE” and there are always strings attached. Many of those taking advantage of the free/reduced lunch services are illegal immigrants and/or their children. Is it any wonder that we have an illegal immigration problem when more and more services like these are offered? This goes to the premise of free/reduced lunch in the first place. Are people just taking advantage of the system because it is there? I once heard a person comment on this type of behavior saying, “When you put out the ice cream, the ants will come.” The more “freebies” a community offers, the more people move there to take advantage of the “freebies”….
