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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-state-senator-votes-against-free-school-lunch-says-hes-never-met-hungry-constituents_n_6411d544e4b0a3902d2e0c19
Minnesota GOP State Sen. Votes Against Free School Lunch, Says He's Never Met Hungry Kids

Minnesota kids will soon get free school lunches across the state, no thanks to a Republican state senator who voted against the bill because he said he’s never met a hungry kid in his state.

“I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry,” Republican state Sen. Steve Drazkowski said Tuesday on the Senate floor in St. Paul before voting against the legislation. “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don’t have access to enough food to eat.”

Approximately 1 in 6 children in Minnesota are food insecure, meaning they don’t know where or when their next meal will be available, according to a fact sheet from anti-hunger groups in support of the bill.
“Being hungry makes learning almost impossible,” state Sen. Heather Gustafson, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, said on the Senate floor. “Let’s feed the kids.”

During his arguments, Drazkowski called the proposed program “pure socialism.”
“Now, I should say that hunger is a relative term,” Drazkowski added. “I had a cereal bar for breakfast. I guess I’m hungry now.”
If Drazkowski wanted to find one of those hungry children he claims to have “yet to meet,” he could check the very county he represents. In Wabasha County, more than 8% of kids lived in poverty in 2021, up from about 7% the previous year, according to the Federal Reserve of Economic Data.

I'm thinking... this graph is conveying the big picture tensions between governments that is going to define your reality in life. It's going to challenge all of us... our generocity, our beliefs, our ability to communicate and make peace, or war.

A power shift is underway. History is filled with suffering from changes in power. Can we do better than our ancestors? I think it comes down to this...

* People don't like to lose stuff, and they don't like too fast of change...

The country that holds the reserve currency, controls the oceans, makes the decisions... and is wealthy. When power is fading, conflict and tensions rise over the loss of power, conflicts can occur.

That is what the political decisions are about when you vote, choose wisely. Most everything else, is hot air.

Some Key Issues:

* Food/starvation - starving people increased 46 million in 2021...and that's after a bunch died due to covid! Have you planted a garden yet and some berry bushes?

https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021

* War and peace

* Energy policy - whom will have cheap energy, manufacturing power.

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These are the topics that will characterize the rest of your life... the global shift in power. Good luck to you! Study up on history and do your best. You're going to die.. did you know that? I guarantee it, but hopefully you are able to live a reasonable life in the meantime honorable to humanity.

I hope we do better than our ancestors, but you still have time to accept Christ as your savior for when the inevitable exit comes...

https://www.benzinga.com/general/entertainment/23/03/31326395/trump-jr-says-biden-did-it-biden-points-to-trump-sr-the-collapse-of-banks-under-the-last-fo
Trump Jr. Says Biden Did It, Biden Points To Trump Sr.: The Collapse Of Banks Under The Last 4 Administrations

The blame game over who’s responsible for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, part of SVB Financial Group

kicked off immediately following news that the 19th largest bank in the U. S. had failed.

The situation became worse when on Sunday, Signature Bank

The two collapses mark the second and third largest bank failures in history, next to the collapse of Washington Mutual in 2008.

The Accusation Flinging: Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter on Sunday to write, “I don’t remember banks collapsing under Trump... but don’t worry guys it’s only a matter of time till Biden/media blames him for that too.” Trump Jr. then went on to blame Biden’s “out of control spending,” which he said caused record inflation and forced the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/389212-trump-signs-dodd-frank-rollback/
Trump signs Dodd-Frank rollback

Trump had pledged to “dismantle” Dodd-Frank, a law long targeted by Republicans, and touted the bill he signed as the first step in that process. While the bill will release dozens of banks from stronger Federal Reserve oversight, it falls well short of the president’s vow to repeal and replace Dodd-Frank.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/15-banks-failed-trumps-presidency/
Is It True That 15 Banks Failed During Trump's Presidency?
Those 15 banks failed between the time Trump was inaugurated and when he left office. All of them were smaller than the banks that failed in March 2023. Attributing bank failures solely to whichever political party is in power omits nuances concerning why the banks failed in the first place, and what lessons can be learned to prevent other banks from failing in the future.

Historically citizenship and the right to vote was reserved for those who committed to the defense of the state. Is it time to do away with this concept