I did not have a home until I was 8 years old. In that time, and thereafter, my parents never failed to feed me or the other kids, nor did they fail to feed themselves. I have no doubt a small portion of the some 220 students who showed up to be fed not only breakfast, but lunch and after-school snacks might need help, but they are by far the minority of the total students in these programs I have seen, and now have seen some 20+ of them. Many of these students, both black and white have smart phones, MP3 players, lots of bling and $100+ name brand sneakers on. This is absolutely outrageous that parents seem to feel entitled to have their children fed for them by public schools. There is money for gas for their cars, the cars themselves, but not enough money for food. You have got to be kidding! This program is full of wasteful spending and creates another generation with their hand out to the federal government from cradle to grave. For the record, this is a parental responsibility, and NOT that of public schools. For students who actually do temporarily need help, more traditional help would come from churches, relief organizations and food banks. It is NOT the responsibility of taxpayers to foot the bill for what has become yet another example of liberal government policies gone awry.
Would that be churches as in the church that announced a multi-million dollar expansion complete with an equipped gym the same week the local food bank ran out of food? Is that the kind of church assistance you think the poor and needy will get? No? How about the church that hands out a turkey for Thanksgiving to the needy within their congregation and then ignores them the rest of the year?
Churches, relief organizations (And you referring to disaster agencies?), and food banks are completely inadequate to the need even if they had the will or interest in helping the needy. For the most part, I haven't seen that need or will. Mostly what I hear from them is that if you believe hard enough all your money problems will be over; similar to if you believe hard enough you'll be cured of long term effects of whatever illness or injury you've suffered. With the "if you believe" there is the underlying theme that if you don't have enough money to feed the kids or if the kids have disabilities you must have committed a sin or done something awful.
1/4 of the children in this country are food insecure. Real churches, real christians if there are any left, should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
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Churches, relief organizations (And you referring to disaster agencies?), and food banks are completely inadequate to the need even if they had the will or interest in helping the needy. For the most part, I haven't seen that need or will. Mostly what I hear from them is that if you believe hard enough all your money problems will be over; similar to if you believe hard enough you'll be cured of long term effects of whatever illness or injury you've suffered. With the "if you believe" there is the underlying theme that if you don't have enough money to feed the kids or if the kids have disabilities you must have committed a sin or done something awful.
1/4 of the children in this country are food insecure. Real churches, real christians if there are any left, should be deeply ashamed of themselves.