Posted on 08/16/2016 12:20:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I am poor and have used food the food banks a couple of times. from my experience only 20 percent are there like me because it is a emergency situation. most discover it when through bad planning they need it but then rather then pulling it together they start using it regularly because it is the easy fix
A relative has been FB posting her gardening in her backyard this summer, and is proud of her produce. Yesterday, she started selling her extras. I didn’t think she could do it, but she did. Seed in the ground by directions, water, and sunshine. She will make her money back, and she has lost weight.
Must be rough to be “needy” and also have to worry about obesity......I thought the doling out of food to the needy was to provide life-preserving calories first and hopefully nutrition as a side benefit....
Sadly, Obama is throwing these Muslims and Hispanics plus every Ted Kennedy charity case immigrant into cities it seems. I recall riding with my family in the mid 50’s from NJ to Kentucky, then to Texas and back through Florida before we went to Germany in 57-60. One of the things I recall the most was seeing homes out in the middle of no where off two lane state highways and these folks were black. Yes, they obviously did not have a luxury home, but; one could see children playing, others would be working and we’d see folks sitting on their porch. I seem to recall garden like fields next to or near these houses. Often late in the afternoon they’d sit on their porch and watch as we drove by. I still saw this in the 60’s when I drove in NC and GA, but; after 70 or so, I do not recall seeing black families out in the country in the south like before.
Thanks for the post. I think you pointed out the real problem. Once people get a hand out as opposed to short term help to get them back on their feet they seem to expect freebies or take them for granted. I see far too many folks living off gov programs. We have folks coming here for these hand outs.
Let that sink in. They aren't starving.
Had the same experience at an inner city " Soup Kitchen". The "Clients" were the unemployed obese, students and construction workers. Doing it for a year I never saw one person who I would consider even close to long term food deprived.
Worked on "Habitat for Humanity" projects and saw little if any sweat equity put into the project by the eventual beneficiaries. We have bred a whole class of people for whom personal responsibility is a foreign concept.
Herbs growing on the kitchen window sill in an apartment cuts down on having to purchase them. A few container plants on the balcony helps. Ever seen a wall of plants in the window and roof top gardens?
As for the candy donations not being accepted, there’s nothing wrong with sweets. Beggars can’t be choosers. They want my donation, they better accept what I give and say thank you. And I better not see it thrown in the garbage or I’ll tell everyone I see and their donations will take a nose dive.
They want to play the everything in moderation game then lets play. Over consumption of water will kill you. ‘Nuff said.
Don’t forget schools today serve ages 0-21 breakfast and lunch in the summer and they’ll bring it to your neighborhood so you won’t have to go all the way to school for it.
>I have to wonder why there is a need for food banks when people have food stamps.
Ummm, you have that in REVERSE.
Were we still a Land of the Free, there would ONLY *BE* food banks.
If they're that fat, why do they need free food?
What chaps my hide are the EBT signs at restaurants. I can’t afford to eat out but I’m required to foot the bill for them.
Notice, too, whenever the bleeding heart msm publishes pictures of their nearly empty kitchen cabinets, it’s all expensive national brands unlike mine that holds cheap store brands. They also have a lot of prepackaged items whereas this taxpayer must cook from scratch.
Example that I tell a lot is I can make 5 Scholtsky medium sandwiches with homemade buns for the price of 1 bought at the restaurant and no wasted gas going through the drive thru.
What’s a ribeye steak? I buy boneless beef ribs when they’re on sale for 2.97/lb and cook them like steak. Buy the limit and put the excess in the freezer. Each complete plateful with sides costs around $2 along with my time (which is a lot less time and gas than eating out). It may not be melt in your mouth kobe beef but I’d rather pay the utility bills.
And don’t even get me started on the price of pizza. Restaurant pizza prices are a joke. Even bigger jokes are those little packages of chips and cookies at convenience stores. For the price of a little bag of chips, the whole family and the neighbors could munch out with homemade chips.
Excuse me while I step off my soapbox.
The secretary at our local welfare office quit because her 40 hr/wk paycheck was less than what their clients were getting for zero hours of work.
And don’t even think about donating muffin stumps.
Exactly. They owe over one trillion in student loans and want those loans forgiven. Those who have paid theirs want refunds for merely paying back the loans.
Blacks seem to crowd up in “ghettos” in the towns & cities.
We live in the boonies, way out. There were a few blacks
out in this area for a while; but they moved elsewhere, &
NOT because anyone out here bothered them. We all keep to
ourselves out here.
Well, you do have a point.
In the ideal situation, people receiving handouts would be very aware of the fact that other people have to work harder and give to make those handouts possible. The government way of stealing from the workers to give to the non-workers removes any sense of responsibility to the receivers. They think of the handouts as a right.
I am quite familiar with the poverty culture, having grown up in it for a few years as a child.
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