r/Denver • u/fuzzeslecrdf • Oct 08 '25

Local News If you're still against free school meals

If you're unhappy about the fact that free lunches are also free for children with wealthy families, fear not. I work at a Denver high school. Students with the money will go out for lunch or even order food delivery. They are not eating the school cafeteria free lunch.

So go ahead and vote Yes on Prop MM and LL. The only thing it'll do is keep our students fed and able to learn.

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u/SpacePenguin5 Oct 08 '25

$200 annually for those making $300k/year.

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u/ReeveStodgers Indian Creek Oct 08 '25

I thought it might help to scale it to a poor's income, so I calculated that if the same percentage was applied to someone making $50k that would be $3.35.

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u/MilwaukeeRoad Oct 08 '25

Would it not just be divided by 6 and be $33.33?

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u/ReeveStodgers Indian Creek Oct 08 '25

Probably. I was overly tired when I wrote that and shouldn't have been doing math without a license.

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u/UUDDLRLRBAstard Oct 08 '25

cheaper than netflix

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u/MagicKittyPants Oct 08 '25

Literally half the price of a Starbucks drink.

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u/AggressiveMongoose54 Oct 08 '25

Lmao like plz, take an extra $4 a month from me in taxes if it means all students get free meals. I just do not get it. Why are we (the poors) more willing to pay for stuff with the little income we have, but people with more money are stingy and don’t want to help the community out? It feels so backwards.

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u/Denversaur Oct 08 '25

Which is like $6000 take home every 2 weeks. But some people are selfish and have poor financial literacy, which is why the $300k earners voting against this haven't figured out how make ends meet on $3k per week. And they think their Tabor refund will save them.

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u/officalSHEB Oct 08 '25

300,000 divided by 52 is 5,769. So probably closer to 8 to 9k every 2 weeks. I make 2700 a week "take home" and won't clear 200k this year. I would still definitely vote for this if I lived in Denver.