Why is that US kids are so poor that they need free rides to public transport?

Becausre of the unequal distribution of resources , paying for wars and bank bail outs. The education budget has been cut to pay for the above,so that the poor children have to walk to school, if they can't afford $2.25 each way

Only between 40 and 47% of the population. Those would be the liberal plantation/welfare class voter slaves.

Guess what? I'm actually RICH and i take the bus. I hate when people generalize and assume that you're poor when you take the bus. My parents don't have time to drop me at school okay?

c'mon, you're not even trying anymore....

everytime I passed by the coffee house near campus and saw you guys with your Che T-shirts and hemp pants I could at least count on a little passion if not actual education or understanding of historical context....

...now it's like even you know it's all empty rhetoric...and what's the fun in that?

Some kids maybe. Your point? Should these children suffer because their parents aren't rich?

Because capitalism isn't sustainable. it is social darwinism at it's worst.

Well,excuuuuuuuuuuuse me,I used to walk to school as a kid.