(Kids running in the background, playing, yelling, being kids in the lunchroom.)

Johnny: “Psst, hey Anton, c’mere.”

Anton:    “What?”

Johnny: “I got salt.  Lots of it.  Only cost ya a dollar.”

(Hands Anton a small baggie of salt.  A dollar bill exchanges small hands.)

This is the new normal in cafeterias.

Think I’m kidding?

From the Washington FreeBeacon.com:

Kids Create Salt Black Markets in Cafeterias Due to Michelle Obama’s Lunch Rules

School administrators testify to Congress on ‘unintended consequences’ of the law

by Elizabeth Harrington

Children are creating their own black markets to trade and sell salt due to First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules.

During a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R., Ind.), a school administrator told Congress of the “unintended consequences” of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

“Perhaps the most colorful example in my district is that students have been caught bringing–and even selling–salt, pepper, and sugar in school to add taste to perceived bland and tasteless cafeteria food,” said John S. Payne, the president of Blackford County School Board of Trustees in Hartford City, Indiana.

“This ‘contraband’ economy is just one example of many that reinforce the call for flexibility [with the rules],” he said.

Obama’s America.  Ain’t it great?

BZ