Other than the bleating on about 'the children
am i mistaken? isn't this thread about a prospective bill to feed hungry children? if you want to discuss something else, then open another thread on your chosen topic. let me know of it and i will gladly join you to discuss the other issue rather than have it intrude on this thread
(and seriosly...why dont you just take the children and house them in state homes and get them out of those horrible existences)
then your solution is to take the children who are hungry away from their parents and place them instead in a government funded and operated facility
never knew you were a socialist who advocated the adoption of the old USSR model
but tell us more (preferably in its own thread) about how you would determine which kids could stay with their parents and which should go into the government operated "homes"
would they be able to return to their parents if their parents met some bar of acceptable parenting ability?
what would that be? who would decide which were adequate and which were inadequate parents? how often would that be reviewed
must say it amazes me that so many conservatives want to adopt socialist practices, some even criticized by us not that long ago when they were practiced by the communist soviets
what seems odd too, is that so many folks who are opposed to abortion are also so keenly opposed to providing government assistance to unwanted/unplanned kids
what an unfortunate disconnect
have you actually read the legislation?
no
Do you know what it calls for?
hopefully, the feeding of hungry students. what are you telling us it will do instead?
Do you support creating 17 new governmental agencies...undefined grant prgrams...etc?
sounds like the bush regime after 9/11, so tell me more, because his responses to national problems tended to be very stupid. tell us what about this bill makes no sense and tell us how it could be improved. or would you rather us have classrooms filled with hungry, malnourished students ... only to wonder why their academic performance is sub-par
Do you advocate that the money already being paid to providers of foster kids for their sunstinence and to poor families still be paid to them while disregarding the fact that now you are advocating paying for breakfast lunch and dinner for 20+ million children year round (even during the summer?).
absolutely not. the money provided for student meals should go for student meals. please point to where the taxpayer would be paying for the same meal twice
So...no consequences...no reduction dollars to foster care providers that no longer have to sustain the children.
if the money given over to foster parents is no longer going to be required to be used to provide the kids' meals then that money should be withdrawn and placed into whatever program results which will actually be responsible for feeding the hungry kids
if that is what is wrong with the bill, then that is what the republicans should insist be changed
however, it appears they only want to deny food to hungry kids unfortunate to have been born into poverty
And if this is so all fired important to liberals what the **** is wrong with you??? Why arent you doing this already...on your own?
actually, i do. and many of my friends do. but clearly, that is not enough. we need more people to step forward, or we need to end the problem. i do not see more people stepping forward, otherwise this bill would not be on the agenda because there would have been no problem to address
Why havent you created private funds to take care of all poor children?
again, i do provide food to a large number of children and political/religious refugees. the demand far exceeds my ability
Why must you INSIST that the nany state government do it all?
the purpose of government is to provide for the common welfare of its citizens. clearly, that welfare needs more than what is now available
Where is your conviction? Where is your integrity?
don't know what you are speaking of
i operate a soup kitchen, feeding over 400 per week
i provide supplemental food for approximately two dozen refugees who are without means and who have not assimilated into our society to become self sufficient
i provide my time to do this at no cost, as i am retired, and i incur the expenses individually, in addition to what i have been able to solicit as support for those efforts
where is my conviction or integrity lacking?