Well, speaking as someone who has used food banks in the past.
I don’t have any sympathy. None, whatsoever. I work hard to make sure I have enough money to be able to feed myself. There have been hard periods, but people in general were kind enough to help me out of a difficult spot. And I have helped others out too.
We don’t need food stamps. Imagine how charitable people would be if they saw that someone was truly in need of food, and the program did not exist? Do you think that they would be more likely to help that person as their neighbour? I think so.
Food stamps is a huge bloat and just like any government program, performs far worse than private charities. Or people helping each other.
I agree the program is far from perfect - I’ve heard that for some people the food stamps are used like money for whatever.
However, seems to me charity could be iffy at times. I’m glad people helped you out. I’d help anyone who is hungry as would most decent people - but clearly, there are those who would not.