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Huh, I'm not sure where these artificial lines are drawn. I'll have to look it up. I know I'm a "boomer" (born in 1958) with a daughter (born 1991) who I thought was a millennial.
Meals on Wheels ran over my grandfathers dog in his driveway on his way out. He looked at the dog and sped off.
Good riddance.
you should have called them and reported him....it wasn't meals on wheels, it was the guy driving, who I for one, wouldn't think twice about firing him.....
Meals on Wheels ran over my grandfathers dog in his driveway on his way out. He looked at the dog and sped off.
Good riddance.
Oh, man, I wasn't going to mention it, but:
I had to report the Meals on Wheels guy in my area. It's a retirement community with several crossings clearly marked to drive slowly. Lots of people here are in wheelchairs or walkers, and many of us walk our dogs. We are of the age that we can't run or sprint to get out of the way. The guy who was delivering here was told repeatedly to slow it the **** down. He would literally go around corners on 2 wheels, screeching as he went. I finally called MoW and told them if I ever saw him here again, I would call the cops.
I was always afraid he would hit someone or run over me and my dog. He delivered to just one lady at that time and she fell and went into a nursing home, so he hasn't been around. THANK GOD!
I think the problem with talking about funding of Meals on Wheels is that it varies drastically from state to state.
The portion the federal govt. funds is probably in those states that just don't have the same resources -- charitable or tax revenue.
It will shift - I believe it will be picked up by the local communities -- either through charity or tax money......
I think it is the callous nature and presentation that gets us. So the budget guy so much as said he needs to cut this program because the single mom in detroit with 2 kids .shouldn't have to pay for someone's Meals on Wheels.
Well now that's a big old duh?~ If this guy really was addressing that comment to liberals --he would know liberals want folks who make more than 400K a year to pay not some single mom struggling in Detroit with two kids.
It was his comment - no evidence these programs are effective. What a stupid thing to say. Of course they are effective......of course they are needed.
Just say it like it is. We are shifting the burden to the states and communities. End of story.
I kind of agree that federal funding should shift that kind of burden because it varies so much from state to state.
Yes his implication that they aren't doing good is off putting.
Let's not pretend these programs aren't being well used and aren't needed. They are.
It is just time for them to be local/state programs.
And I am a fiscal conservative -- I believe budget cuts and tax increases are what we need to reduce the debt.
BUT -- they aren't cutting these programs to cut the budget -- they are bumping up other areas.
I'm not convinced they are creating a deficit reducing budget yet -- haven't see the other side.
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