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Kingston Blasted for Free Lunches

January 13, 2014 at 11:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) “is facing heat back at home for using taxpayer dollars to pay for staff lunches while criticizing school-lunch programs for poor students,” The Hill reports.

“Kingston, who’s running for the Senate, stirred controversy in December for suggesting there ‘should be no such thing as a free lunch’ for poor children who receive federally-funded lunches at school, suggesting they ‘sweep the floor in the cafeteria’ in exchange for the food.”

Now, WSAV has found that Kingston’s staff “spent $4,200 of taxpayer money on free lunches in the last three years and $4,300 from outside groups, not counting expenses incurred on international trips.”

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