Shawn_Yancy's Blog

Completely agree Shawn, no one should go hungry in this country.

You asked:
How is it possible that kids living in the shadow of nation's capitol don't have food?

We should ask the parents. Don't parents have a responsibility to feed their children? If they're not meeting that responsibility, we as a society should ask why, especially as so many social programs exist such as Food Stamps, WIC, Public Housing Assistance, MedicAid.

I think Fox has the right idea, the solution is not to throw more money at the problem, but to provide food. That way, money couldn't be diverted to address other crises that families experience every day.

However, diverting funds from the protection of this country or the advancement of the human race is not the answer.

Perhaps we should re-evaluate the amount of foreign aide this country gives away each and every year and use that money to open up public kitchens.

The school system prepares two meals a day Monday - Friday. How much more could it cost to keep the kitchen staff at school for a few more hours to prepare an evening meal?

The Globalists and Internationalists here will hate me for this, but I don't care.

This is a reason why I make donations to charities that help out people here in the US, rather than to international charities. Charity begins at home. Helping my next door neighbors, like children in poor inner cities or children in poor rural areas, is much more appealing to me than diverting that money to half way around the world.

It's a travesty, imo, that we give billions of dollars away as part of 'foreign aid' programs when those billions of dollars are better spent improving the lives of our fellow citizens.

Personally, I think there's a certain inevitability to globalization. Not today, not in the near future, but at some point in our history (if we don't blow ourselves back to the Stone Age) it'll happen.

The thing that gets me is restaurants having to throw away tons of food at the close of business because the Health department is afraid that someone will get sick and people will sue. How crazy is this law, when the food can be used to feed all the poor hungry soles who are going to bed with nothing to eat, as it was okay when they were collecting money for it, as it was fit to eat, but not give away. Nevertheless, I would like to commend Fox5 and all the other charities which looks out for the homeland people because these poor children in DC seem to be forgotten.