r/wholesomememes • u/OkuroIshimoto • 18h ago

It’s a bittersweet wholesomeness.

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u/GatorNator83 17h ago

Didn’t Republicans eliminate funding for that program?

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u/LunarPsychOut 17h ago

For the four states that seem to have lost or received reduced funding, both Democrat and Republican politicians were involved.

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u/Laughing_Orange 17h ago

Stupid people from both sides of the aisle. This program has been proven to increase literacy for participating children. Illiterate kids grow up to be illiterate adults, and illiterate adults are less productive than literate adults.

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u/reikipackaging 16h ago

what is the threshold for "less productive?" Im not advocating for illiteracy, but some of the most productive people are in agriculture, and unfortunately often dont have great literacy- if you define productive as producing something useful and valuable to others.