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In reversal, Nebraska governor accepts federal dollars to feed low-income kids
(www.theguardian.com)
“They talked about being hungry. And they talked about the summer USDA program and, depending upon access, when they’d get a sack of food,” Pillen said at a press conference this week. “And from my seat, what I saw there, we have to do better in Nebraska.”
Alright, give him credit at least. He actually went outside the four walls of the Governor's Mansion to actually see some of the children. And when he saw that they were indeed very hungry and impoverished by no fault of their own, he understood that he was initially mistaken.
This is how isolated a lot of State political actors are though. They have no clue as to the actual suffering that goes on within their State and don't actively seek out further information. For this Governor to do such is actually commendable, because it rarely happens more often than I believe folks like to admit.
I mean still feel free to hurl stones for other things, but let's at least give him credit for going out and actually seeing what was really going on. AND admitting that he was wrong. That's not a common Governor attribute and absolutely a rare occurrence with Republicans to admit being wrong. We should do our best to encourage more of that elsewhere.
But still feel free to be critical to all the other bullshit this Governor continues to remain blind to.