I am glad we have a safety net, unfortunately the people who need it most benefit the least. For those of you who want an education I recommend giving your time to a local food bank. Our church has a food bank and like many I would get a warm feeling when it was announced how many families we helped each month. I decided to help out one day by giving my time to our food bank, it was an eye opener. Month after month I would watch the same people show up thirty minutes early to be first in line. I asked the people who usually get inline first why they show up early. I want to get the good stuff and I have nothing better to do was the response. Once the doors are opened we give people numbers so the no longer have to wait in line. After watching and talking with these people I found some to be in need but most are professional handout takers. The professionals know each other and educate each other of new ways to work the system. They talk openly about how to work the system, as I listened I got an education. I found out that I can go to the local flea market and buy food cheap, my ears perk up at the opportunity to make our food bank dollars go further. Some of us went to check it out, the food was cheaper but we did not buy any. The people selling the food are the same people who are first in line at our food bank. By the way, around Christmas time toys can be purchased at this flea market dirt cheap. The professional handout takers are basically stealing resources from those who truly have a need, this is a worse crime than selling drugs or sex to willing buyers. Keep working hard, just don’t pay attention to where your tax and charity dollars go if you want to keep maintain your fantasy about helping people in need. How many hours do you have to work to buy a week’s worth of groceries? Maybe we should all chat with friends for two hours and get a week’s worth of groceries instead of working for them.
