I could not believe my eyes when I read the article “School breakfast contended” (April 26).

What does Auburn resident Tom Doughty want to cut next? The whole school lunch program?

Has he seen the figures for how many children go hungry?

I am not on a fixed income. I work two jobs and have at times worked three to make ends meet. I  live in Auburn and my property taxes are outrageous, but cutting the free breakfast program in Auburn is the last thing to do.

Students who eat breakfast do much better in school.

In no way does the free breakfast program compare to the iPad program. I had some concerns about giving computers to students, but students need to have a chance to succeed, especially the less fortunate ones.

Yes, city officials need to find a way to keep taxes down. I would rather see them stop planting flowers around the city or putting up holiday decorations rather than take food out of the mouths of our future leaders. Those students will be the ones making decisions on health and retirement benefits as we age.

As Hubert Humphrey said, “. . . The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”

Martin Keim, Auburn