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Can't remember the last time I bought half the things on that list..
I was quite surprised at the limited nature of goods that food banks will take but I guess it all has to be non-perishable/simple. This is what Trussells take..Milk – UHT or PowderedSugarFurit JuiceSoupPasta SaucesTinned Sponge PuddingCereals Tinned TomatoesTinned Rice PuddingTea Bags/Instant CoffeeInstant MashRice/PastaTinned meat/FishTinned VegTinned fruitJamBiscuitsNo scope for spare lottie produce there..Are they all like this - are there no food banks using fresh fruit and veg or I am I being unrealistic. Can't remember the last time I bought half the things on that list..
I have a problem with food banks per se due the main reason why people are in debt is that a lot of people in this country don't really know how to manage their budgets.
Quote from: irridium on February 04, 2013, 11:19:55I have a problem with food banks per se due the main reason why people are in debt is that a lot of people in this country don't really know how to manage their budgets. Not in today's climate Irridium. It has has much less to do with poor budgeting and much more to do with poor leadership I'm afraid.It's to do with slave-rate wages. Being taxed almost to death (and beyond). Its high diesel prices for tractors and trucks and the consequent high food prices. Its gas prices running out of control. Its coal, petrol, and anything else petroleum-based. Its the soaring cost of electricity and every item you buy, food or no.Food banks exist because of the increasing number of people, today's people, not those that worked in the 'easy baby-boomer years' and made plenty for their retirement, but the modern young family or pensioner without who simply can't manage on the money they have. Times have changed Irridium. We're d**n near starving, and so is a growing section of the public.My kids can all make meals from scratch, but I'm not sure that is going to change much. I'd sell my 50" flat-screen tv and facebook/phone for food.... If I owned either.
I don't think it is necessarily helpful to look for scapegoats or to apportion blame. It dissipates the energy available for fixing things and making them better.My response to the way things are is to think what can I do, on a personal level, to make things better. I am appalled that we need food banks and soup kitchens in the UK but since we do need them let's embrace them and make them work. And let's not judge the people who use them. For the few that take where there is no need, there are hundreds more who wouldn't get by without their assistance.What truly disgusts me is corporate greed and the amorality of many of our political rulers.
Thanks, Anne, you've said it all, let's get some compassion back