In article , Dave LaCourse
wrote:

Found out some details today.

We get about a ton of food each month from MEFAP (Mass Emergency Food
Availability Program), but that will soon be cutting back. The State
is already in a billion dollar deficit with more to follow. We get 14
cases of ten various items (from a list of about 20). That is from
the Lowell Food Bank which is a State run facility. We also get about
another ton of food for which we pay $0.17/pound. Our money comes
from two $5000 private grants, and about $20K from two churches, and
some money from fund raisers (auction, sponsored foot race, etc.).

The local supermarkets give us yesterday's pastries/breads, and old
fruit and vegetables which we have to package.

Our expenses are mortgage on the building, expenses for the 12 pass
van, heat and electricity, etc. Only one person is paid - the
Director and then she is only a part-time employee, and doesn't make
very much for all she has to go through each week.

Our cubbards are getting very bare because of the State's cutbacks and
a slight increase in clients.

this all sounds crazy to me. What's going on? Banks being nationalized,
people who haven't made proper provision for the future being given
handouts?

Do you want a socialist (Obama?) for your next president or don't you?
I think Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan would have been horrified
by what's happening to private banks in the US at the moment.

the market is the only thing that works. We all know that. At times,
companies fail. That's part of the normal working of the market.

Only commies want handouts to people who, let's face it, have made bad
decisions about employment or about savings. If you get rid of moral
risk (which requires that people who have made bad decisions should get
hurt) then you destroy the very market which has made our great country
wealthy.

There are a lot of people out there who hate America, and want to
destroy it. They are those who will cry fire in a crowded theatre, and
will call for handouts when there's a blip in the market.

The American way has made us rich: it requires that a few people who
have made bad choices will suffer if the majority are going to flourish
(and if those that flourish are going to be lean and fit). It also
requires that we don't hand out taxpayers' money to people who have
made bad choices.

What's happening now is socialism. If I'd known that George W Bush was
a commie, I wouldn't have voted for him last time round.

Lazarus