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Country star Brad Paisley breaks ground on free grocery store in Nashville
Cox Media via WPXI ^ | April 4, 2019 | Jared Leone

Posted on 04/04/2019 11:15:34 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country star Brad Paisley broke ground on a grocery store that will offer free items to people in need.

The Store is a partnership between Paisley and his alma mater Belmont University.

It will be located on the school’s campus and operate like a regular grocery store, except when people scan items no money is exchanged.

“(This model) takes away the sting of embarrassment for a parent who maybe feels that way because they can’t feed their kid,” Paisley said. “The kids should not know what their parent is going through. That’s not stress a child needs.”

Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, got the idea after volunteering with their children at a similar store in California.

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KEYWORDS: bradpaisley; grocerystore; nashville
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1 posted on 04/04/2019 11:15:34 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sorry; the link did not copy correctly.

Below is the correct link:

https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending-now/country-star-brad-paisley-breaks-ground-on-free-grocery-store-in-nashville/937053815


2 posted on 04/04/2019 11:16:09 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

This will work as about as well as a rain dance!
However he & his wife will feel good about themselves!

Isn’t that what its all about?


3 posted on 04/04/2019 11:17:45 AM PDT by Reily
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Isn’t that called a food bank?


4 posted on 04/04/2019 11:18:59 AM PDT by Purdue77 (Okay, I'm too cheap to afford a tag line.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Nice gesture.


5 posted on 04/04/2019 11:19:03 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Oh, some folks never learn.


6 posted on 04/04/2019 11:19:13 AM PDT by Notthereyet (NotThereYet)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

That’ll last about a week.


7 posted on 04/04/2019 11:20:10 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Reily

If it’s he and his wife’s money, it’s more than most the rich folk do...More power to them...


8 posted on 04/04/2019 11:20:50 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I predict a short lifetime for this place.

What could possibly go wrong?...................


9 posted on 04/04/2019 11:21:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Purdue77

I knew the concept sounded familiar.
Non Profits I’ve worked for tend to make big use of Food Banks. That’s what they’re primarily for.


10 posted on 04/04/2019 11:22:07 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Reily

Mormons have been doing this for a long time.


11 posted on 04/04/2019 11:22:58 AM PDT by WayneLusvardi (It's more complex than it might seem)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Because we need to teach kids that everything is free.


12 posted on 04/04/2019 11:22:58 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Make work for them until they can move on to real jobs. Give it to them? They become leeches and communists


13 posted on 04/04/2019 11:22:58 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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“(This model) takes away the sting of embarrassment for a parent who maybe feels that way because they can’t feed their kid,” Paisley said.

Don't be surprised when you observe there are many people who won't be in the least bit embarrassed to fill their grocery carts full of free sh*t. Nope. They'll have no shame at all about doing it.

14 posted on 04/04/2019 11:23:05 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: lee martell

Most, if not all, of the churches in my area have food banks. People tend to take care of one another in times of real need.


15 posted on 04/04/2019 11:24:17 AM PDT by Purdue77 (Okay, I'm too cheap to afford a tag line.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yeah... good for them for trying to help out. I wish them the best and I pray the vultures and opportunists stay away so those with a true need can be helped out a little. I grew up on welfare and I still remember the embarrassment of spending food stamps. Definitely left an impression on me... something I never wanted to use again. I guess using an EBT card probably isn’t so embarrassing... maybe we need to bring back the food stamps.


16 posted on 04/04/2019 11:24:49 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Panera store opened here in Boston that allowed you to pay what you want, one cent, ten dollars, whatever. Guess what. It’s closing. Too many people paid the one cent I suspect.

Human nature never changes.


17 posted on 04/04/2019 11:25:09 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Picked clean by freeloaders in 5....4....3....2....1....


18 posted on 04/04/2019 11:25:56 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

the kids need to know what the parent is going thru because it’s a lesson so the kids don’t just follow same incident or whatvere made for the problem.

Pasley store is not a real help just enabling bandaid. people need to learn to rebudget, accept minimal short term help and seek every opportunity for work not just the ones they feel like.


19 posted on 04/04/2019 11:25:59 AM PDT by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: airborne

“Picked clean by freeloaders in 5....4....3....2....1....”

Si Senor. Nashville has a large amount of freeloaders both multi-generational and newly arrived. Most of the home grown freeloaders are too lazy to go pick up the food.


20 posted on 04/04/2019 11:29:27 AM PDT by dljordan
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