Charity used to be something for which people were ashamed and embarrassed to receive.
Multiple generations growing up on the SNAP plantation have changed that view of it, unfortunately.
SNAP is baked into their profits and business plan.
“Charity used to be something for which people were ashamed and embarrassed to receive.”
Toxic Charity is: Toxic charity is defined as well-intentioned charitable acts that end up harming the people they are meant to help, often by fostering dependency instead of empowerment and failing to address underlying systemic issues.
In a country where a dime bought a cup of coffee, and a dollar bought a days meal for one, churches could care for the truly poor. I am thinking it would take $40 a day to feed and house 2 people for one day. That is what I make from SS retirement. Actually, about 1300 a month.
We can have a mass casualty event, kill everyone over 60, and the disabled. That would take care of things, or we can have an honest safety net. Only citizens, no children living with parents getting disability. If their parents are working, why do they need help? How many fairly able bodied young people are on disability. I can count 3 in my own family who SHOULD BE WORKING. A trans nephew/niece, 2 sons in laws. They make more than I do, and are fully functional and near 40. My sisters son, has a Engineering degree from a University, and is approaching 50 and never paid a dime into SS. He works off the books, although it seems he finally got a real job for a builder.