I really am a cripple, you know.

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Where do you go to charge your phone safely by the way? It takes some hours usually?

> You are opposed to welfare?

Let's think back in time on that one for a moment. My grandfather lost both thumbs in an industrial accident. No welfare, no income at all for the parents and 3 teen kids. All 3 kids skipped high school and took jobs. Five lives stopped cold.

I approve of welfare and I have a right to because I pay taxes.

What would you do if the world fell out from under you? My grandfather had a family to sacrifice their lives for him. But I'd rather people not have to.

Do you know poverty? Do you speak from experience?

I think mrspock is being unfair to the OP.

I went through some really tough times myself. Some people seem to be opposed to all forms of welfare when a good portion of our members wouldn't survive, or have survived in the past, were it not for some form of welfare or social support.

I am reminded of a quote I once read "never look down on anyone unless you're picking them up."

Perhaps what mr spock is opposed to is what he considers to be reckless spending of welfare money on nonessential items and expensive harmful junk food etc.

Which in turn leads to a repetitive cycle of hardship, victimization and lots of hospitalization.

It might also be noted that there are dozens of threads just like this one going back many years with different people saying the same kinds of things over and over and the op giving the same kinds of replies over and over.

Autistics thrive on repetition.

ASS-P did work at one time; that's why he has SSDI, rather than SSI. He put his tax dollars into the "system" at one time.

I wish he would get a place that doesn't serve mostly baloney sandwiches, or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. That serves really decent food. I couldn't believe this place had the nerve to give this guy that prison crap!

Hes not owed free food so he can eat balloney or get nothing. Also a can of green beans costs 70 cents but that kind of food probably isnt tasty enough for him.

Tons of food that's still good to eat gets wasted (thrown away) by the wealthy (and even the not so wealthy) in the US, so I've heard. If there was a way of getting all this unwanted stuff to those who need it, it would be great.

Even here, I see people's fridges stocked to overflowing with stuff they tend to buy but not use. Some is perishable but not all of it. I try never to waste any food if I can help it. It's part of my philosophy. It doesn't only apply to food but to all goods.

There's lots of gleaners organizations who collect fresh food from restaurants and such and get it to needy people.

There's few if any such packaged good giveaways downtown, where I'm generally at. I'm completely HL and have neither a place to cook nor the knowledge of doing so. Also, parking back to my OP, even at my most energetic, I walk slow and hard to get around. I've loaded myself down with too much " stuff I suppose

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