Boo-hoo...lol! The woman had left and there were a couple of people ahead of me in the grocery line so there was no possibility of helping out. (It may have also been a stolen credit card.)
On Sep 14, 11:45 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > "... On Sep 14, 5:22 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: ..." > > > The Obamas .... (the balance is deleted as objectionable speech.) > > > I am getting my information from my checkbook! > > Perhaps you should look beyond your checkbook then. > > > Part of education costs are providing breakfast, lunch and take home > > food for low income students and it's okay with me along with food > > stamps- but not a solution, long term. > > And what would be a long term solution to poverty? Come on, don't > just complain as most right wingnuts in this country are doing. If > you're going to complain than at least offer a solution. How should > we deal with children who are not getting sufficient nutrition to be > alert and awake in school so they can get educated and raise > themselves up out of poverty? > > > At the grocery store Sunday, a > > women left the check out leaving a full cart of food behind because > > her card crashed= no funds. First time I have seen that. Yes- it made > > us all sad. > > That has happened to me. I thought my food stamp card had some money > left on it but it was all gone. My fault for not keeping better > track. > > But did anyone in line do anything to offer this woman some help? Did > anyone offer to pay for some of her groceries? What did you do? Or > did everyone just decry the sadness of this person's situation while > holding tightly to their own pocketbooks? > > > I think the city should pay for the upkeep of roads and public > > sidewalks. Don't worry- I know how to patch cement- did so yesterday, > > in fact. > > I'm sorry but you keep contradicting yourself. You're previously and > frequently railed against government paying for anything, even if it > is the government's job to do so, as it is to maintain roads and > sidewalks. And if government is running a deficit to do so, you > complain about that. If the city levied an additional assessment to > fix your streets, it's because they are broke but are still trying to > do their job. > > > Anyway, thank you for acknowledging that I exist. lol > > It was against my better judgment, but it's not likely to happen > again.
