Came across this data today. Wow!!! Have we allowed ourselves to become this dependent on government? Perhaps because schools can’t seem to teach anymore, their role has been shifted to some kind of massive Food Stamp program.

Children direct certified for school lunches

“The following is the percent of school-aged children from households receiving food stamps who were directly certified for free or reduced priced lunches by schools in 2008-2009. Percentages above 100 percent are possible because some school districts use federal programs in addition to food stamps to enroll students for free or reduced- price lunches.

1) Alaska — 131 percent

2) Delaware — 96 percent

3) New York — 96 percent

4) Tennessee — 93 percent

5) Nevada — 88 percent

6) Louisiana — 87 percent

7) West Virginia — 85 percent

Iowa — 85 percent

9) New Mexico — 84 percent

10) Kansas — 83 percent

11) Florida — 82 percent

12) North Carolina — 81 percent

13) Colorado — 81 percent

14) Hawaii — 79 percent

15) Kentucky — 78 percent

16) Oklahoma — 78 percent

17) Virginia — 78 percent

18) Minnesota — 78 percent

19) Nebraska — 76 percent

20) Utah — 76 percent

21) Maryland — 75 percent

22) Texas — 74 percent

23) Maine — 74 percent

24) Mississippi — 74 percent

25) Connecticut — 74 percent

26) Wisconsin — 72 percent

27) Arkansas — 71 percent

28) Oregon — 70 percent

29) Vermont — 68 percent

30) Washington — 68 percent

31) Pennsylvania — 68 percent

32) Ohio — 67 percent

33) Indiana — 66 percent

34) Arizona — 66 percent

35) California — 65 percent

36) Alabama — 64 percent

37) Michigan — 64 percent

38) Georgia — 64 percent

39) Massachusetts — 62 percent

40) South Carolina — 62 percent

41) Wyoming — 61 percent

42) Montana — 58 percent

43) Illinois — 57 percent

44) New Jersey — 56 percent

45) North Dakota — 55 percent

46) Rhode Island — 54 percent

47) South Dakota — 52 percent

48) District of Columbia — 50 percent

49) Idaho — 50 percent

50) Missouri — 45 percent

51) New Hampshire — 31 percent”