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Handout nation: One in 7 Americans turn to food banks
Wonky News Nerd ^ | August 18, 2014

Posted on 08/18/2014 9:38:51 AM PDT by GodAndCountryFirst

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To: GodAndCountryFirst

There is a food bank in my part of town located in the basement of a church. I try not to drive by there on distribution day because of all the traffic and chaos. You don’t have to watch for very long to see that at least half of these people really don’t need the help. Pulling up to load it in expensive SUV’s and such.

I suppose we have to tolerate all the grifters to ensure that those truly needy don’t starve.


21 posted on 08/18/2014 10:57:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GodAndCountryFirst
In 80% of the cases, yes.

Why 80%? Sure it isn't 85% or 90%?

22 posted on 08/18/2014 10:58:54 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ConservingFreedom
Every year at Christmas my family and I pack boxes of donated food at our church for the needy. Not a few of those "needy" show up to collect driving Cadillac Escalades and wearing conspicuous gold jewelry.

Well then by all mean you and your family and your church should stop doing the program completely.

23 posted on 08/18/2014 11:00:38 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: GodAndCountryFirst

Reminds me of pigeons in the park. Keep throwing out free food and more keep showing up.

It’s Monday morning. I pass by a food bank on the way to my shop. Long long lines of people getting free stuff. But at least it’s a private charity.


24 posted on 08/18/2014 11:14:05 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Blood of Tyrants
When I was in the Navy as a poor enlisted E-4, on more than one occasion I had to go to a food bank.

To do what? Were you feeding a family? When I was in the Navy, three squares a day were always served up on the messdecks.

And while I really don't want to get into the specifics of your particular situation, but if you were trying to feed a family, what made you think you could do that on E-4 pay?

25 posted on 08/18/2014 11:15:12 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Lou L

Wife and 3 kids.


26 posted on 08/18/2014 11:17:35 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Lou L

Wife and 3 kids. Family came before and during my Navy years. And FU for judging me.


27 posted on 08/18/2014 11:19:00 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Leaning Right
When my aunt graduated high school back in the 1940's, she quickly found two good job possibilities. One was with the railroad, one was with a major steel company. Both jobs had benefits. And both paid well, the kind of money that allowed you to buy a nice house and car.

For most of human history each successive generation placed higher requirements on the potential employee, with those who made the cut able to be better off than all the generations before them, and those who could not relegated to poverty. During your aunt's generation, being a high school graduate was enough. Now it is not.

In the middle ages, being able to read and right alone was enough to guarantee one a position of nobility and wealth; do you believe we can go back there? The human race and civilization moves forward, those who can't keep up will fall away; you can't put the genie back in the bottle.

28 posted on 08/18/2014 11:23:38 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Another one of Obama’s plans for changing this nation succeeding.


29 posted on 08/18/2014 12:08:30 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Leaning Right

I don’t think Romney was any hope. He’s far too left to want to turn anything around. Then he had the gall to pretend to be “severely conservative” while running. He was far too dishonest.


30 posted on 08/18/2014 12:37:59 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: DoodleDawg
I don't know where you're at but my church runs a food bank. I'm pretty sure we're a faith institution.

So faith based food banks are the majority?

31 posted on 08/18/2014 1:04:40 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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So faith based food banks are the majority?

Most of the ones I know of are.

32 posted on 08/18/2014 1:29:56 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Most in NY are run non-profits helped by local governments.


33 posted on 08/18/2014 1:33:19 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Organic Panic

Exactly.


34 posted on 08/20/2014 5:17:05 AM PDT by GodAndCountryFirst
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