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Something to think about. People who could use the food but might not be able to get to it.
Again, there are Meals on Wheels. It sounds like this person almost needed nursing home care, which is also free to the indigent. It's often either pride or ignorance -- simply being unaware of what's available to you.
What "huge" safety net is that? A very large percentage of seniors on social security don't qualify for Food Stamps, low income housing, Medicaid, etc.
I'm not trying to be snarky. I really want to know. This is from someone who's researched it. What did I miss?
I ride the Poverty-level fence, we qualify for Food Stamps /EBT. The last time we checked I think it came to $9 a month.
We have never claimed it though.
I am a farmer, my Dw volunteers at a local food pantry [where they insist that at the end of each shift, each volunteer goes home with a box of food]. As a result, our kitchen is always stocked with fresh fruit, veggies, meats, and cheeses. We buy very little of our food from grocery stores.
I built our house with no mortgage. Our property taxes are jokingly low.
Just because someone does not have a high income does not mean that they must live a 'poor' lifestyle.
I ride the Poverty-level fence, we qualify for Food Stamps /EBT. The last time we checked I think it came to $9 a month.
We have never claimed it though.
I am a farmer, my Dw volunteers at a local food pantry [where they insist that at the end of each shift, each volunteer goes home with a box of food]. As a result, our kitchen is always stocked with fresh fruit, veggies, meats, and cheeses. We buy very little of our food from grocery stores.
I built our house with no mortgage. Our property taxes are jokingly low.
Just because someone does not have a high income does not mean that they must live a 'poor' lifestyle.
Wow, that beats the $16/mo that my EBT went down to in 2011. This was during my transition to disability and getting on Medicare, so I let it go.
You're right about not having to live a "poor" lifestyle. I have to say I live a pretty good life considering my economic limitations. It really is about mindset and past history/habits. I do make bigger and bigger sacrifices these days, though.
Wow, that beats the $16/mo that my EBT went down to in 2011. This was during my transition to disability and getting on Medicare, so I let it go.
You're right about not having to live a "poor" lifestyle. I have to say I live a pretty good life considering my economic limitations. It really is about mindset and past history/habits. I do make bigger and bigger sacrifices these days, though.
If you have your health, there are always options to be able to help yourself. Being poor, alone and disabled usually means you have to depend on others. That's very sad and scary.
Yes, I live with fear every day. I try to keep it at bay. I believe that a lot of elders live with fear about the future, especially in these times. They don't always admit it. I'm thankful for good medical care and being a fairly high energy person. But that could change. I'm always thinking about how I can prepare better for changed circumstances.
I honestly do not understand how someone could go without food in this country, save for pride. As someone else posted, there are food pantries and soup kitchens aplenty; ALTHOUGH, I do not know if that would actually be true in a very rural area. Even in a place like NYC, with tens of thousands of homeless, nobody has to miss a meal. Then again, maybe it is easier in places like that with restaurants and food stores giving good food to those who can distribute it.
In the suburbs of NJ, there are food pantries and soup kitchens everywhere, usually run by a church or a group of them. There was even an organization called the Interfaith something or other, with a variety of Christian churches as well as Jewish synagogues and a Sikh temple particpating by taking turns providing lunch each day.
I give to those places because I believe everyone in this country should eat. (Well, the world, actually.) We have more than enough to go around. Please take what is offered if you have no money. There is no shame in needing food.
We're rural and one elderly neighbor was without a car, and had no food unless the church dropped it off, which sometimes they didn't. We filled in with shopping for him until his car was fixed, which took about a year.
We have extremely limited public transportation out here. Three years and I've never seen any.
I would have cooked for him but he eats almost nothing we do.
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We're rural and one elderly neighbor was without a car, and had no food unless the church dropped it off, which sometimes they didn't. We filled in with shopping for him until his car was fixed, which took about a year.
We have extremely limited public transportation out here. Three years and I've never seen any.
I would have cooked for him but he eats almost nothing we do.
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