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I think people didn't realize that the food pantry lines didn't dry up besides holiday meals. Then again, the holidays are traditionally when we hear about food scarcity. I am not sure that the 1 in 10 number is true, but I can tell you, a lot more people are food insecure than we realize. While employment is coming back, many are still without jobs until the virus is contained and the variants are just a flu-like level of nussiance.
No, they are saying not to allow more people in who will need to be fed when we already have 10% of the people already here who don’t have enough to eat. We are doing the national equivalent of being crazy cat ladies, who keep collecting cats when they can’t take care of the ones they have, so all the cats end up mangy, neglected, diseased, and malnourished. Eventually some will resort to feral behavior to survive and others will literally die because of the lack of resources.
omg,..America Is the Crazy Cat Lady. I love it,...lol.
I have a hard time believing, as fat as Americans are, that we can't feed everyone. I've been on food stamps, we've gotten WIC, and we've taken food from food pantries. And through it all, I've never gone hungry.
Just last week I helped a couple get food from the local food pantry. They needed some food to tide them over till payday and I put them in touch with my pastor, who was able to get into the food pantry to get a few boxes for them.
The point? There are means by which people can get food.
Someone has to pay for the food that the food pantry dispenses. It's not free.
Apparently one in ten DOES need this. The lines for our food pantries are sometimes wrapped around the block. It's very sad, and I am thankful every single day for our bursting refrigerator, freezer, and pantry and our ability to buy whatever food we want and need. Not everyone is so fortunate.
Where do you live? My father runs a food pantry in Maine and he says there's been much more of an increase in supply than in demand. They often have more food coming in than they can store.
Someone has to pay for the food that the food pantry dispenses. It's not free.
Many food pantries are also locally run.
Or tied to Churches. Donations, food drives.
It used to be that to take part in these, you'd need to be part of the community or they use it to get people to their congregation. Basically, you needed to be part of a decent social community and at least act nice.
But all these gov't hand outs do is turn it into a Cold methodical injection. Nothing asked by the receiver. You can be a total schlep and drain and/or criminal. The gov't doesn't know or care.
When this Republic was founded, it wasn’t based on the idea that Washington DC was supposed to feed your children, or you, for that matter.
I’m opposed to any part of my taxes going toward the food, shelter, and healthcare of others. That is your responsibility. If you can’t take care of yourself, you shouldn’t exist. Also, if you can’t or won’t take care of your own children, they shouldn’t exist, either.
So tired of this damn nanny state where I am required to pay for YOUR mistakes in life.
It used to be that to take part in these, you'd need to be part of the community or they use it to get people to their congregation. Basically, you needed to be part of a decent social community and at least act nice.
But all these gov't hand outs do is turn it into a Cold methodical injection. Nothing asked by the receiver. You can be a total schlep and drain and/or criminal. The gov't doesn't know or care.
It's food.
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