>N.J. Sen. Doherty: Thousands of ineligible students enjoy free school lunches
New Jersey Sen. Michael Doherty (R-23) has his eye on trimming the fat from the state’s school lunch program. The first dilemma: How much fat is there?
Speaking before a group of Tea Party supporters on Nov. 3, Doherty, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, insisted that 37 percent of all school lunch recipients are ineligible, according to The Star-Ledger.
After fielding criticism that his numbers exaggerated the potential fraud, Doherty recently said he stands behind his math. “The amount of fraud in the free and reduced school lunch program is massive and the cost to the taxpayers is enormous,” the senator stated, according to a statement on his website. “It runs in the hundreds of millions of dollars.” (Soltes, New Jersey Newsroom)
