A North Carolina preschooler was fed cafeteria chicken nuggets after a state employee decided that her homemade lunch was not nutritious enough, the Carolina Journal reported.
The West Hoke Elementary School student's lunch box -- which contained a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips and apple juice -- was inspected by a state agent in the girl's classroom and deemed not to meet the nutrition guidelines set by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to the report Tuesday.
And the girl's parent was charged $1.25 for the nuggets.
Why do I suddenly recall that Saddam would charge the families of those he murdered the cost of the bullets used to kill their relative?
Seriously, you really think our fiscal problems stem from too little taxation? When our schools have a "state agent" who inspects pre-schoolers' lunches? Face it. Our federal government has taken on too many responsibilities. It's just too damned big.
UPDATE: Lileks is properly outraged--if the story is true, he rightly cautions.
But if true, we're less of a nation for not routinely laughing these clowns out of town.
UPDATE: Mark Steyn comments and completes the Declaration of Independence allusion. The title alone is worth the price of admission.
