Ancaptain

The claim isn't that school lunches magically create net-new food demand. Kids eat either way — whether parents buy it or government "gives" it.The inflation point is about how it's funded. Governments don't print money for these programs (plus the rest of the welfare/redistribution machine) without consequences. When spending is financed by deficits that the central bank ultimately monetizes, it expands the money supply. More dollars chasing goods pushes prices up across the board — the inflation tax. You're right that the raw quantity of food demanded doesn't change much. But inflation does something worse than just raising prices: it actively prevents prices from falling as they naturally would. Markets, competition, technology, and productivity gains constantly drive costs down over time (cheaper food production, better logistics, innovation in agriculture, etc.). In a sound-money environment with low inflation, we'd see those efficiency gains passed on as lower real prices for everyone. Inflation erodes that benefit. Instead of food (and other basics) getting steadily more affordable, the extra money supply masks and counteracts those deflationary pressures from progress. The result? Prices stay higher — or rise — than they otherwise would have.The poor feel this most because they spend the biggest chunk of income on food and necessities. By the time the subsidized lunch arrives, the cumulative loss in purchasing power from higher grocery bills, eroded wages, and debased savings has already cost their family far more than any "free" meal is worth.This isn't about printing money "helping output." Extra money doesn't create real goods, services, or innovation — it just distorts price signals, encourages malinvestment, and punishes savers while rewarding debtors and spenders. The emotional framing ("you hate poor kids!") dodges the reality: these policies, layered on top of decades of spending/debt/money creation, make everyone poorer over time, especially the vulnerable.Better path: sound money, less intervention, stronger families, and real economic growth that actually lowers the cost of living. That feeds kids without the hidden tax that keeps them struggling.

Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.

Name a huge scam that has been normalised?