Posted on 12/01/2013 4:20:24 PM PST by blam
These parasites are using private charity to provide their food so they can barter their EBT cards for bling and wheels.
Money is fungible.
Those who donate to private charities in the US are enabling this behavior.
One is better off finding people in your own circle of friends and family who are the “working poor” and helping them out by giving them much needed food and clothing and daily supplies like TP etc.. whatever they need around the household.
Stealing from Selective Peter to pay for Collective Paul....
I’m not really sure.
I’ve got no problem with helping someone who’s doing their best to make a go of it on their own, but still falling short.
We could almost be twins insofar as our experiences and upbringing. How I miss those days. The wonderful thing about Chicago was the neighborhoods. Like you say, you did all your shopping, schooling, and entertainment in the same neighborhood. There was always something to do. Every Saturday was “going downtown day”. Mother and I would get dressed up in nylons, heels, gloves and hats. We would no more have thought of going downtown in sloppy clothes than we would have thought of flying to Mars. We would have lunch at Stouffer’s or the Circle Room at Charles A. Stevens. We shopped at Field’s or Carson’s - not that we bought much there besides fabric since my mom made all our clothes and believe me, I was one of the best dressed girls in high school. She was very talented. I cherish the memory of those days but I know that the Chicago I grew up in is gone forever. I was last there in 2000 and it had changed so much I was deeply depressed for a while. My old neighborhood (Pulaski & Fullerton) was practically a ghetto. I’ll never go back, except in my mind. And I’ll always be grateful for the 50’s.
“And I’ll always be grateful for the 50’s.”
Me too,and then some.
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