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The Alabama Ministry group who offered to pay off the lunch debt in the “relatively affluent” school district described in this article is a clear benefit to the local taxpayers and an even clearer benefit to the children who could not afford to pay for their meals. But there is a shadow side to this gesture. It can lead voters to the conclusion that charity can fill the void in providing meals for every child when the government’s tax revenues fall short. Instead of using moral suasion to help a targeted group of children it would be far more helpful to far more students if the Ministry groups helped their congregations see that by supporting more government spending on schools and social safety nets they could do even greater good.