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Wicked Blue

(7,160 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:05 PM Jan 28

Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald's instead

Source: NBC

Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., on Tuesday defended the impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.

During an interview on CNN, McCormick praised the move as a way to broadly re-evaluate how the government allocates funding. CNN anchor Pamela Brown noted that Head Start, which helps provide nutritional assistance to low-income children and families, is one of the programs that could be affected. She pressed McCormick on whether he would support cutting funding for free breakfast and lunches.

"Before I was even 13 years old, I was picking berries in the field, before child labor laws that precluded that. I was a paper boy, and when I was in high school, I worked my entire way through," McCormick said. "You’re telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King, McDonald’s, during the summer, should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work? I think we need to have a top-down review."

McCormick, who was speaking from Doral, Florida, where House Republicans are holding their annual issues conference, said that the pause on federal funds gives the government a chance to "see where is the money really being spent."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-congressman-suggests-children-receiving-free-school-lunches-rcna189614



So a 7 year old child should go work at McDonalds instead of getting free school lunches? This is beyond insane.
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Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald's instead (Original Post) Wicked Blue Jan 28 OP
Before child labor laws? How old is that dimwit asshole? Klarkashton Jan 28 #1
If he was 13 when child labor laws went into effect in 1938, then he's 100 years old now! unblock Jan 28 #31
He didn't pick berries or any of that other shit either. Klarkashton Jan 28 #32
I'm willing to believe he helped himself to someone else's crops unblock Jan 28 #33
He's either 110 years old or he's a fucking liar johnnyfins Jan 29 #47
The republicans have been undermining child labor laws Bluethroughu Jan 28 #2
Yes nothing says "pro life" like the exploitation and maiming of children for profit! benfranklin1776 Jan 29 #45
I hope the kids who make his burger spit on it first. ExciteBike66 Jan 28 #3
Even better: Chocolate pies, Minny style. IzzaNuDay Jan 28 #21
Yes, we do! niyad Jan 29 #54
"Before I was even 13 years old, I was picking berries in the field, before child labor laws that precluded that" Ray Bruns Jan 28 #4
He is full of it. LoisB Jan 28 #5
"Before I was 13" means he was 12. maxsolomon Jan 28 #7
They tell such stupid, obvious lies. LoisB Jan 28 #9
they know the MAGAt base is easily manipulated Skittles Jan 28 #22
Sad, isn't it? Whatever happened to the ability to think? LoisB Jan 28 #23
repukes LOVE people who cannot think for themselves Skittles Jan 28 #27
The pukes and powers have spent over 50 years dumbing down what niyad Jan 29 #58
Are there a lot of berry farms around Portland, OR, or Las Vegas? niyad Jan 28 #38
Good question. LoisB Jan 29 #60
Plenty around Portland. maxsolomon Jan 29 #62
Unless it was a family farm iemanja Jan 28 #18
Yep. That's what I thought. I'm sure he wasn't picking berries as a paid job. LoisB Jan 28 #19
H graduated from Oregon, went to Morehouse School of Medicine. niyad Jan 29 #53
With credit to Bo Pilgrim, joshdawg Jan 28 #6
They are pukes. . so the answer is HELL YES!!! niyad Jan 29 #56
He should have studied more, worked less. He did not learn about civics delisen Jan 28 #8
or insider trading. niyad Jan 29 #57
They soooo want to bring back workhouses sakabatou Jan 28 #10
Of course. Their dream is to undo the New Deal and all pro-labor regulation that has been enacted since. Karasu Jan 29 #43
Such a busy Magat, and still, he has time to scheme to make life more painful for struggling people. Judi Lynn Jan 28 #11
Paper Boy? Deep State Witch Jan 28 #12
They did in the early 1980s when he was a teenager. maxsolomon Jan 28 #13
I Know Deep State Witch Jan 28 #15
About eight thousand people in my city do jmowreader Jan 29 #48
What used to be 'teen' jobs pfitz59 Jan 28 #14
Didn't Newt Gingrich propose this? LeftInTX Jan 28 #16
Newt was a nasty heartless pos too. Dave Bowman Jan 28 #24
Oh, he's one of the Scummiest Around! He's the one who came up with List of Really Inflammatory Words for Repugs.... electric_blue68 Jan 28 #35
Yep. He's scum. I think he proposed it during his short lived run for president. LeftInTX Jan 28 #39
I did work as a janitor in my school ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Jan 29 #44
The transportation thing is a very important consideration exboyfil Jan 29 #52
I think the 2-hr bus ride each day - rain or shine - was what broke me. Nt SomewhereInTheMiddle Jan 29 #59
Georgia kids should be studying not working. Mrsfiddlegirl Jan 28 #17
And if he gets very hungry and steals a loaf of bread tavernier Jan 28 #20
Right Rebl2 Jan 28 #25
Skittles suggests some repuke congressmen should go fuck themselves Skittles Jan 28 #26
Didn't McDonald declined DEI?.... Lovie777 Jan 28 #28
Yep, no more big macs for me. Dave Bowman Jan 28 #40
No, they should pick berries or deliver papers I guess kerouac2 Jan 28 #29
He saying this while he's at Doral - At tax payers' expense, with trump probably overcharging as usual. tulipsandroses Jan 28 #30
What's wrong with that? Remember, trump's last job was at McDonalds. Worked there for an hour and now he is Wonder Why Jan 28 #34
Unfuckingbelievable. BobTheSubgenius Jan 28 #36
Just looked him up on wiki. .ohhhh myyyy. Graduated from a catholic high niyad Jan 28 #37
A physician? So he doesn't give a damn about The Hippocratic Oath AND The Constitution, what a swell guy. Dave Bowman Jan 29 #41
These psychopaths would take candy away from a baby if they could. Initech Jan 29 #42
What a stupid, ignorant thing to say. Blue_Roses Jan 29 #46
Are there no Prisons? Are there no Workhouses? jmowreader Jan 29 #49
Okay then, lead by fucking example you nepo baby! OldBaldy1701E Jan 29 #50
He went to a private high school that now charges $20k/yr. exboyfil Jan 29 #51
They could be out raking the forest floor doc03 Jan 29 #55
Some politicians who get free health care for LIFE should have to buy republianmushroom Jan 29 #61

unblock

(54,469 posts)
31. If he was 13 when child labor laws went into effect in 1938, then he's 100 years old now!
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 07:02 PM
Jan 28

johnnyfins

(1,653 posts)
47. He's either 110 years old or he's a fucking liar
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 06:28 AM
Jan 29

I would put all my Trump Bitcoin on liar. Fucking degenerate asshole.

benfranklin1776

(6,668 posts)
45. Yes nothing says "pro life" like the exploitation and maiming of children for profit!
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 02:30 AM
Jan 29

🤬🤬 Fuck this neoconfederate bastard to the hell where he would so gleefully consign others. And shouldn’t the bastard be at work since he’s a federal employee as ordered by his orange slavemaster not hanging out with the other lesser demons at a country club while being paid by we the people?

IzzaNuDay

(838 posts)
21. Even better: Chocolate pies, Minny style.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:54 PM
Jan 28

If you saw the movie “The Help”, you’d know the secret ingredient

Ray Bruns

(4,910 posts)
4. "Before I was even 13 years old, I was picking berries in the field, before child labor laws that precluded that"
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:21 PM
Jan 28

LoisB

(9,314 posts)
5. He is full of it.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:29 PM
Jan 28

Child labor laws - 1938 If he was picking berries in a field, was it his JOB or was he picking them because he wanted to?
McCormick is 56
SOB went to Morehouse College (an HBCU)

maxsolomon

(35,676 posts)
7. "Before I was 13" means he was 12.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:05 PM
Jan 28

If he was born in Oct 1968, that was 1980-81.

What a load.

Skittles

(161,459 posts)
27. repukes LOVE people who cannot think for themselves
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:43 PM
Jan 28

all they have to do is make up bullshit issues to keep them outraged - CRT! DEI! WOKE!

it works

niyad

(121,911 posts)
58. The pukes and powers have spent over 50 years dumbing down what
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:23 AM
Jan 29

passes for education in this country. After all, you cannot control a populace capable of critical thinking. And TRAITOR** openly said he loved the poorly educated.

joshdawg

(2,736 posts)
6. With credit to Bo Pilgrim,
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:48 PM
Jan 28

I find it mind-boggling to hear the abject stupidity of some republicans. I mean, no one is that stupid.........or are they?

delisen

(6,764 posts)
8. He should have studied more, worked less. He did not learn about civics
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:28 PM
Jan 28

He has been screwing up our society and economy with giveaways to wealthy corporations that undermine our Constitution and undermine the health of our children.

It looks like white privilege got him into med school. Makes me wonder if he is spending his time in Congress on insider training.

Karasu

(501 posts)
43. Of course. Their dream is to undo the New Deal and all pro-labor regulation that has been enacted since.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 01:32 AM
Jan 29

Judi Lynn

(162,815 posts)
11. Such a busy Magat, and still, he has time to scheme to make life more painful for struggling people.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:41 PM
Jan 28

Dec 15, 2023 12:53 PM EST

RICH MCCORMICK ADDRESSES MAJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ALTERCATION: "I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF TOUCH"
By Rey Harris

Washington DC - Congressman Rich McCormick has apologized for a recent incident that took place with Marjorie Taylor Greene, which she described as "physically aggressive."

Representative Rich McCormick apologized after his colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged he got "physically aggressive" with her during a dispute.

Earlier this month, CNN reported that Greene told House Speaker Mike Johnson in private that McCormick "grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her" during a dispute over their competing resolutions.

"I had a disappointing conversation with somebody else. [Then] I came up to her, I placed my hands on her shoulder and said, 'At least you and I can have an honest conversation,'" he explained. "That's all I said."

He went on to argue that physical contact is pretty common between him and many of his colleagues in the House, where he says, "Everybody touches everybody."

More:
https://www.tag24.com/politics/politicians/marjorie-taylor-greene/rich-mccormick-addresses-majorie-taylor-greene-altercation-i-believe-in-the-power-of-touch-3041556

~ ~ ~

Who is Beth Van Duyne? The Texas GOP Rep, 53, 'seen holding hands under the table' with Georgia Republican Rich McCormick - as he files for divorce from oncologist wife
Georgia Republican representative rumored to be dating Texas representative

By JAMES REYNOLDS
PUBLISHED: 07:04 EST, 17 May 2024 | UPDATED: 07:47 EST, 17 May 2024

Georgia Republican Rep. Rich McCormick filed for divorce from his wife this month, requesting a mutual restraining order and leading to a flurry of speculation from peers.

His wife of 12 years, oncologist Debra Miller, only told DailyMail.com that she was 'sure that he will not be forthcoming' when approached about the cause of the relationship's breakdown.

But Capitol Hill insiders have said they saw McCormick, 55, 'holding hands under the table' with female Republican member of the House Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas.

A source added that they had seen him 'grab the small of her back' on the House floor during votes.

With the two rumored to have been an item since at least January, Rich McCormick's followers may now be asking: who is Beth Van Duyne?

More:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13429341/Who-Beth-Van-Duyne-Texas-GOP-Rep-53-seen-holding-hands-table-Georgia-Republican-Rich-McCormick-files-divorce-oncologist-wife.html

maxsolomon

(35,676 posts)
13. They did in the early 1980s when he was a teenager.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:07 PM
Jan 28

A paper route is completely plausible. Probably a lie, but a plausible lie.

Deep State Witch

(11,577 posts)
15. I Know
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:11 PM
Jan 28

I grew up in the early 80's. I'm talking about those jobs now.

Working at McDonalds? You have to have a work permit if you are under 18. Although, in some states they can use child labor. But, do you want a 13-year-old operating a deep fryer?

Paper boy - Yeah. Maybe in the 80's. Nowadays, the only person I know of who gets a dead tree paper is my 84-year-old aunt.

Babysitting - This may still be valid. But most parents take their kids with them to the movies or dinner these days, where they act up and make everyone miserable.

pfitz59

(11,241 posts)
14. What used to be 'teen' jobs
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:10 PM
Jan 28

are now often held by retirees with no pension or struggling moms as a second or third job.

Dave Bowman

(4,437 posts)
24. Newt was a nasty heartless pos too.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:31 PM
Jan 28

Although the slimeball was probably far worse.

"Newt famously dumped wife #1 for wife #2 while wife #1 was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery. As in literally went to the hospital to present her with divorce papers while she was recovering from surgery for uterine cancer."

And he was also cheating on wife #2.

electric_blue68

(19,774 posts)
35. Oh, he's one of the Scummiest Around! He's the one who came up with List of Really Inflammatory Words for Repugs....
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 07:27 PM
Jan 28

to hurl at Democrats in Congress!

I think I've only hated drumphf more!

LeftInTX

(32,049 posts)
39. Yep. He's scum. I think he proposed it during his short lived run for president.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 11:52 PM
Jan 28

I think he wanted kids to work as janitors in schools too.....

He also proposed eliminating the Ninth Court of Appeals.

44. I did work as a janitor in my school ...
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 01:55 AM
Jan 29

... in Houston Tx in 1977. I was 12 and spent two hours a day after school emptying garbage cans all around my junior high for $5/hr which was very good at the time. Then I took city busses for another two hours to get home around 7pm every night. I did not last long as it negatively impacted my grades.

I was also on free lunches at the time as my family was poor. The free meals were much more important for my long-term success than the after-school job. I have been a professor for 25+ years now.

Education is the only real way out of poverty for most people. And hungry kids don't learn.

exboyfil

(18,100 posts)
52. The transportation thing is a very important consideration
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:28 AM
Jan 29

It is difficult to get the workers to the locations of the available jobs. I think 12 is really too young to be doing janitorial work, but I could see high schoolers doing work instead of extracurriculars so long as that sacrifice is recognized in scholarship and admission criteria.

It is immoral to withhold food to children.

tavernier

(13,371 posts)
20. And if he gets very hungry and steals a loaf of bread
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:43 PM
Jan 28

because he’s ten and can’t be hired by McDonalds, then he should lose a hand.
Perhaps Richy Rich would like to saw it off himself? He sounds like he’s very turned on by causing pain to poor kids.

Sorry, meant to post this to the original OP.

Rebl2

(15,446 posts)
25. Right
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:41 PM
Jan 28

Senator. I want to see a first grader frying up burgers at the burger joint and deep frying those nasty fries.
WHAT a FUCKING IDIOT.

kerouac2

(928 posts)
29. No, they should pick berries or deliver papers I guess
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:46 PM
Jan 28

Because every school district needs hundreds if not thousands of kids to pick berries and deliver papers...

tulipsandroses

(6,665 posts)
30. He saying this while he's at Doral - At tax payers' expense, with trump probably overcharging as usual.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jan 28

The worse part is that there are people who will defend this. SMDH

Wonder Why

(4,886 posts)
34. What's wrong with that? Remember, trump's last job was at McDonalds. Worked there for an hour and now he is
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 07:24 PM
Jan 28

a DICTATOR! Kiddies, if he could do it, you can too!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,847 posts)
36. Unfuckingbelievable.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 10:34 PM
Jan 28

I rarely, RARELY curse in my posts, but this one requires some extra emphasis, I believe. Did anyone else hear "Charles Dickens" ringing in their head?

niyad

(121,911 posts)
37. Just looked him up on wiki. .ohhhh myyyy. Graduated from a catholic high
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 11:27 PM
Jan 28

school, is retired military, still practices emergency medicine (yes, folks, this asshole is aparently a licensed physician! degree from Morehouse School of Medicine), oh, and is involved in a relationship with a congresswoman from TX, without having divorced the mother of his children. He previously represented the wealthiest distruct in GA, and, apparently got into a "discussion" (unproven) with sporktoes that upset her so badly she registered a complaint with moses mike.

Such an upstanding individual.

Dave Bowman

(4,437 posts)
41. A physician? So he doesn't give a damn about The Hippocratic Oath AND The Constitution, what a swell guy.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 12:04 AM
Jan 29

Blue_Roses

(13,607 posts)
46. What a stupid, ignorant thing to say.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:31 AM
Jan 29

Not to mention heartless, evil and greedy.
The hate for these people is rising...

OldBaldy1701E

(7,042 posts)
50. Okay then, lead by fucking example you nepo baby!
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:12 AM
Jan 29

From Wikipedia:

...he has represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives since 2023.[2] Until 2025, he represented the 6th congressional district, the wealthiest in Georgia.


Yeah, another rich prick with zero understanding about how life works outside of a wealth bubble. Our government is no longer 'of, by, and for the people', it is 'of, by, and for the wealthy'.

I am wondering why we are still bringing a toy rubber mallet to a gun fight. These traitors are in this for real and it seems to me as if most of the Democrats are preferring to play an outdated game. There is no going back. I don't want things to 'go back'. What was 'back' was what allowed this asshat to happen in the first place. The current system is too rigged and too corrupted.

Time For A Cool Change...

exboyfil

(18,100 posts)
51. He went to a private high school that now charges $20k/yr.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:21 AM
Jan 29

If he picked berries, he probably did it like me (picking peas, beans, etc) out of my parent's garden when I was five.

Or he did it at a family friend's farm more like a dilettante than like a migrant who is doing it to survive under the supervision of demanding and generally uncaring field owners.

I do think it is valuable to work when growing up, but working for the uncaring beast of the corporation is a whole lot different than working for family or family friends. There is a big reason for labor laws.

One thing that definitely should happen is that working should count as much or even more than extracurriculars (especially expensive extracurriculars) for scholarships and college admittance.

To withhold food to children because they don't work is immoral. You need to work on the incentive side, not on the punitive side.

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