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I think a few of the people on this thread need to have a bit more compassion. I live in an area similar to that town (poor) and have a neighbor who has multiple sclerosis (bad) and is on partial disability and goes to a food bank. I don't think she is sponging off anyone. And I am thankful that I do not have to do this (although I am far from wealthy). One never really knows what curves life will throw.
I feel for your neighbor, I feel for honest, compassionate people who fell on their luck. Who I don't feel for (and they are going to be feeling it real soon) are those individuals who didn't care for anyone but themselves and their immediate friends. When those individuals suffer in this new economy, I have no one ounce of compassion for them. I want them to suffer so they can see how it is. Maybe then they will see what it really is. So many people have ALL the answer about what they would do in a given situation, so I can't wait to see what they do when reality hits them. What ever does happen I hope they get a limited amount to no help at all. Lets see if these bright ideas these individuals have hold true.
I think a few of the people on this thread need to have a bit more compassion.
Compassion for a little bad luck is available for those who are deserving. But in the second article posted: if you are trying to raise four kids on $7.50/hr and one parent is a SAHM.... no compassion. For those families who have to have two working parents, there are government programs to assist and pay for with daycare expenses. The Head Start program is an example. A person with a physical or mental disability gets compassion. People who are lazy and unwilling to try get none.
I'm very critical of "those in need". I used to be really poor and trying to make it with my daughter. Instead of sitting around complaining about my situation and pointing fingers - I realized the problem was with myself and made things right.
Like stated, getting packs of ramen to eat would probably be a lot cheaper than going to a food bank and waiting in my car while it's running for 5 hours. Starting your vehicle from a dead halt and having it to heat up (from very cold) wastes about as much gas as if you were running it non-stop.
I think living off of Ramen would make your body really ****ty after a while, especially if you have kids to feed. (Not an attack on you or anything, you gotta do what you gotta do, I know.)
I think a few of the people on this thread need to have a bit more compassion. I live in an area similar to that town (poor) and have a neighbor who has multiple sclerosis (bad) and is on partial disability and goes to a food bank. I don't think she is sponging off anyone. And I am thankful that I do not have to do this (although I am far from wealthy). One never really knows what curves life will throw.
Compassion starts at home, then family, then neighbors. Its very difficult to get to the neighbor part, when the socialists in this country keep taking more.
if they are on a food line they may not have money to move. last time I checked it wasn't free to break a lease, get a u-haul, pay deposit on new place, pay utilities, have first and last months rent, deposit money and the list goes on and on. Moving is never easy under taking and anyone who talks like it is must be young or have not done much in life as far as moving is concerned.
And yet the poor seem to move year after year, from one slum to another. Ohh, sorry thats due to evictions and doesnt count.
Yes, there were so many fewer seniors in poverty back before Social Security was created. That's why they made it, because old people were so rich that they had to make them poorer by giving them money.
Yes, there were so many fewer seniors in poverty back before Social Security was created. That's why they made it, because old people were so rich that they had to make them poorer by giving them money.
Couldnt be more wrong.
First, they made it because by taking money from individuals they increased the federal operating income.
Second, If Social Security was working and people were getting their "just due", they wouldnt need to stand in the line for a box of cereal would they?
Third, its a very well known fact that the ROI for Social Security is very low, if not negative
Fourth, people allowed Social Security to be created because they were told that Social Security would give them income to live off of during their retirement.
Like it or not, its a failure or they wouldnt be standing there waiting for a $2 box of cereal would they?
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