Caldara: Nothing’s more expensive than “free” school lunch
By Jon Caldera | Commentary, Denver Gazette
A key part of the planned march toward socialism is, of course, endless propaganda.
It’s not enough just to rely on the politics of envy. We need to take away those dangerous little opportunities where young people might accidentally experience the benefit of the free market in their fledgling lives. So how can we teach children to participate in class warfare, punish the productive by taking their stuff and that property rights and free exchange don’t exist?
Enter Colorado’s oversubscribed, already broke (as all redistribution schemes become) “free” school lunch program. Who could have guessed a $50 million take-from-thy-neighbor scheme would quickly cost $150 million?
The free lunch program taxes Coloradans who make “too much money”...
