Comments on: Food Bank Shelves Going Bare At Holidays

High Living Costs Hurting Donations, While Increasing Demand By Needy Families

[cyberus-2009]

I give bulk staple items to the food bank .. a different bank from previous years however.
After seeing a couple that had spent most of the previous Saturday afternoon drinking and playing keno (lottery) at the restaurant/bar that I work at walking out of my previous donation destination with bags of groceries I switched to another food bank that requires registration and qualification.

[vet_sk]

We could feel about everyone with the money we could save if federal employees could save a little money and get the cheapest fairs like they want to. Instead, they are bound by buying the most expensive tickets available. Embarrassing.

[rmsdm4]

ok, the real estate agents who''s income fell from 66K to 18K can''t afford food! Wah wah, should''ve saved some of that money. That is the problem today, people don''t save. I bet her kids have Wii''s, and psp''s. I guess cbs would not dare ask if people are buying more off the shelves.

[omega39-2009]

Is it trickling down yet?

[usayesterday]

Every time I go to the grocery store, I buy an extra can of soup, an extra can of vegetables, an extra package of Ramen noodles. As I build up a box of these extra cans/packages of non-perishable food... I then bring the box to my local food bank.

It is totally easy to do and easy to afford (for most). An extra $1 to $2 of food on each shopping trip adds up to a box full of food for donating after a few weeks to a few months. If more and more people did this... the shelves at the food banks would be far less bare!

[rudy654-2009]

Posted by katocat2 at 07:44 PM

Just wait until the little racist starts blaming the Jews.

[mcv57]

oh, yeah, forgot to mention that the federal government corruption does not exactly help the proficiency of feeding the poor (state and federal officials are robbing you blind). Its really that bad.

[mcv57]

underdogus,

I really doubt a Great Depression. Only exception is that Social Security and state welfare go bankrupt. I believe the storage is due to the miscarrage of federal government administration - it is total out of touch with efficiency.

[walt1944-2009]

I do so love hearing the "HAVES" telling the "HAVE NOTS" what they should do to survive. The "HAVES" are quick to say that the poor get all sorts of tax credits, there are all kinds of jobs out there, the poor are lazy and cheating the government.

Isn''t there a story in the New Testament where Jesus tells the hypocrite Pharisees to take the "wooden beam out of their eye, before trying to remove the dust specks from someone elses"???

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!

[barbaraf4]

All of these at or below poverty line families (except illegals, of course) will get several $1,000 in earned income credits when they file taxes for this year. Now I realize this is a windfall; however, if you put it in the bank and budget carefully, using it to supplement your normal income, it will last past the weekend you receive it.