TANSTAAFL

Fox News anchor attacks New Jersey's school nutrition program: 'Kids are going to grow up thinking lunch is free!'

Brad Reed

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September 30, 2021



Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum on Thursday expressed distress at the state of New Jersey for having school nutrition programs in which children do not have to pay money to get fed.

While speaking with former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow, MacCallum complained about giving out school lunches without requiring payment.

"What kills me is now that there's a free lunch program in New Jersey, and it's for everyone!" she said. "Even if you don't need help to send your child's lunch to school. So those kids are all going to grow up thinking school lunch is free! And then, God help the person who comes along and tries to take that away, Larry!"

Kudlow then said that the lunch program wasn't "free" and predicted New Jersey residents would "pay for it with higher taxes and higher inflation."

He also said that "commonsense Americans know that this is not right, they don't want big government socialism!"

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TANSTAAFL by Robert Heinlein from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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TANSTAAFL by Robert Heinlein from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. TANSTAAFL. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. An essential element in the basic Heinlein philosophy; this is (as far as I know) the first appearance of this acronym. "Gospodin," he said presently, "you used an odd word earlier--odd to me, I mean..."

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch - Wikipedia

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The "free lunch" refers to the once-common tradition of saloons in the United States providing a "free" lunch to patrons who had purchased at least one drink. Many foods on offer were high in salt (e.g., ham, cheese, and salted crackers), so those who ate them ended up buying a lot of beer. Rudyard Kipling, writing in 1891, noted how he