Congressional Republicans concerned about fiscal health are looking at reining in unnecessary and wasteful federal spending. They’re taking aim at the over $17 billion spent on school lunch programs. But they’re being accused of hating on poor families. The school lunch program has been expanded under Democratic presidents, includes breakfast, and is extended to families who don’t need it. Today about 40% of students receive a free lunch. We should ask, why are people who don’t something, getting it? We should also ask, is giving free lunches to our neighborhood schools something the federal government should be involved in? Republicans are asking these questions. And the goal isn’t to hurt kids but to protect limited tax dollars and an economic climate that they might one day benefit from.