The variety of people who are on food stamps, do you really think apartment dwelling single moms and senior citizens, and handicapped people can raise their own food?
Have you ever seen an elderly person who has lost interest in most foods and couldn’t live on beans and rice but who does live on cheese whiz and crackers, and muffins, and whatever else keeps them alive? How about a mom of three with little kids who works but makes little, is she going to be able to make them eat their beans and rice everyday?
There are handicapped people and elderly people who are on food stamps for the rest of their lives, the old rice, beans, and flour routine wouldn’t work very well for them, simple, angry, one size fits all suggestions aren’t very practical in the reality of the world’s 3rd most populated nation.
And government stores?
“”There are handicapped people and elderly people who are on food stamps for the rest of their lives, the old rice, beans, and flour routine wouldn’t work very well for them, simple, angry, one size fits all suggestions aren’t very practical in the reality of the world’s 3rd most populated nation.””
Exactly. I am stunned by the lack of Christian attitude by some of these posters. Some that consider themselves to be Christians, yet sound like anything ‘but’ on this issue.
First off, I didn’t say I approved of government stores or advocated them. It was just a novel thought that occurred to me.
Honestly sometimes FReepers are to quick to jump to the worst conclusions about others.
As for those who truly need it, such as elderly who have lost interest in food, they need more than just being handed food stamps. They need serious help, as do those who are legitimately disabled. But those situations are not being dealt with adequately either.
From living in a welfare town for 18 L-O-N-G years, I saw zero to none who fell into those categories. It was all welfare deadbeats with terrible entitlement mentalities as they milked the entire system dry for every penny they could get out of it, while they lazed around the house and did drugs, drank, ordered out fast for to be delivered, had cell phones, nice TV’s and a huge selection of videos and gaming stuff, while they not only got food, but also rent, and heat paid for.
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t help those who legitimately need it, but but those are precious few, and even those don’t need junk food. They need real food.
Besides, where are their families and what about a church’s responsibility to help the poor and truly needy.
Heck even in those days, community help was restricted to those widows were truly alone and had no family to help them at all.