Jebslund wrote:The poverty line is not all-encompassing as a measurement of being poor, and doesn't take into account certain things necessary for maintaining work in the current era. Internet service, for example, is treated as a luxury, despite most companies using online benefits/pay/training/form/leave management these days (all three of my last jobs used some form of it). Libraries aren't always open when the parents are able to go, and aren't secure anyway. Transportation is also not considered when determining eligibility, and, depending on location, housing, even cheap housing, may not weigh heavily enough.
I'm not talking about the relative level of comfort, nature or poverty internet access or anything else you're rambling about, I'm talking about the ability of people earning over the poverty line to pay for their kids' lunches. I have no doubt families above the poverty line can find time to make and afford lunch for their kids or pay for their lunch debt at school.
And seriously, unless you're truly, utterly impoverished none of these things apply in which case free lunches would apply anyways.