Sorry OP I don't believe this

or if it is true, it is chosen by the people themselves.

why would I say this -

I work in a very poor school. the students all- and I mean all - dress very well if they are from downtown.

My clothes have been repaired so many times they are falling apart.

they wear the newest fashions, including sneakers that cost a lot, and have expensive electronics I can't afford.

Yet they are on free lunches - what a joke!


Free lunches so they can buy all the junk they want.

Not free because of need or hunger.

the proof is that it all gets thrown away.
all the fruit, they eat the dessert and main course SOMETIMES, mostly just the chips and cookies in the snack line.

Do not tell me about hunger. It does not get poorer than where I work. THEY ARE NOT HUNGRY.