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Originally Posted by senior citizen
For those with true need, of course we would want to help them. Not talking about the truly needy. Our daughter & family belong to the United Church of Christ; they are always feeding those in need..........our experience has been the more shiftless type who just take advantage of the "system".....
I was just saying that none of us were even middle class back in the day.........but we never needed to go to a soup kitchen. They were able to provide. Perhaps my mom would have liked the luxury I had of being a stay at home mom.......but to supplement my dad's factory income (he had a congenital heart condition since birth) she pitched in working a man's job. None of our friends were rich. We all had meals at home.
p.s. All of the young unwed moms today get the wick program in our state......free cheese, milk, etc.,etc., etc.
It's all delivered to their front doors.........even if the grandparents are ultra rich.
Years ago, the families might have helped them......now everyone is dependent on government.
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"Never had to go to a soup kitchen and get free handouts. I wonder why?"
You were lucky that there were no circumstances in your family that caused the inability to work/hold a job. That would be things like PTSD, being "gassed" in a war, or suffering from mental illnesses that back in the time there were no medications for, or being mentally retarded. All I'm saying is that to call it a "free handout" was demeaning and unnecessarily painting all people of poverty with the same brush. I really object to those kinds of statements and the sarcasm of the qusstion that was asked, "I wonder why?"
As far as wick is concerned, it was instituted to ensure good health the children as a preventative measure and to help those who couldn't afford to feed their children things other than fruit rollups and hot dogs. In my day, those of us who could afford milk and cheese, etc., did not use the program.