[Superman]

Anna is right, many of us are naive. Our federal school lunch program was not created just because we felt sorry for the hungry kids. We noticed that hungry kids don't learn. So, we feed them and it allows them to listen, and learn. similar to your experiences in NZ.

BTW, those of us who are passionate about public policy stuff know that events can occur which are exceedingly frustrating because we cannot believe that someone in public office can be so idiotic, or greedy, or whatever. You can be certain that I was emotionally explosive in my reaction to the suggestion of Mr. Gingrich, et. al.'s suggestion that we PRIVATIZE the school lunch program. I'm not even going to outline why since those of you who trust corporations wouldn't listen and those if you like me do not need to be told what would become of that program. I will point out that my emotional condition was affected by the observation that it was poor kids' food we were talking about. I still shake my head at that one.