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Meals on Wheels

calamity said:
Yes, you are wrong as usual.
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No, that would be you and your ridiculous claim.

If you wish to dispute the truth of my statement you are going to have to prove yours was correct.
So here it is.

Actually, it's people like you who pushed for this. So, yeah, it is about you.​

Not only is it indisputable that this topic is not about me, but ...
Please prove that people like me pushed for Trump to remove 3% of the meals on wheels budget.
I am more than sure you can not.

So good luck proving your false claim. :rofl
 
Excon said:
No, that would be you and your ridiculous claim.

If you wish to dispute the truth of my statement you are going to have to prove yours was correct.
So here it is.

Actually, it's people like you who pushed for this. So, yeah, it is about you.​

Not only is it indisputable that this topic is not about me, but ...
Please prove that people like me pushed for Trump to remove 3% of the meals on wheels budget.
I am more than sure you can not.

So good luck proving your false claim. :rofl
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Pretty much everything we see and hear from the Trump administration is like a replay of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh's radio show. So, yes. I blame the people who eat and breathe that garbage for what is happening in Washington today.
 
calamity said:
Pretty much everything we see and hear from the Trump administration is like a replay of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh's radio show. So, yes. I blame the people who eat and breathe that garbage for what is happening in Washington today.
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So you can't "prove" your claim. Figures.
 
imagep said:
For a lot of lower income working families, the $250/yr or so that they save from free school lunch may make the difference in whether they can afford to take their kid to the doctor or not, or whether they can get their car fixed, or whether they can keep the electricity on.

I personally think that school lunch should be free for all students.
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It certainly can be, I simply do not expect the federal government to pay for free lunch over defense and national security spending. if states and districts want to pay for it, then great.
 
imagep said:
Then why force me to support our military by taking part of my earnings?
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I believe I have already been over this argument in this thread.
 
It's a sorry bunch who'd deprive children and the elderly, disabled and veteran community a meal.
 
Parrish said:
It's a sorry bunch who'd deprive children and the elderly, disabled and veteran community a meal.
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Making America Great Again by reliving many of its worst hours.

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DA60 said:
What the **** is essential in increasing a military that already dwarfs all the militaries of America's potential enemies combined? That is not essential...that is stupid.

So, are you saying that services that could actually save American lives are less important than padding an already ridiculously over padded military budget?

Yes or no.

And please save the song and dance (as so many people seem to give)...JUST YES OR NO.
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Why the deflection? That's a different issue all together.

I guess you have no valid retort.
 
Lord of Planar said:
Why the deflection? That's a different issue all together.

I guess you have no valid retort.
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So, you cannot even answer an incredibly simple yes or no question?

Noted.



And there was no deflection...Meals on Wheels saves lives (it has been proven) while the money taken from Meals on Wheels is going towards the military expansion.

We are done here.
 
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Glowpun said:
I just read that Trump's budget proposals will eliminate grants to Meals on Wheels--serves the underserved and seniors who have nowhere else to go. It costs taxpayers 3m each week-end when Trump and his family leave the WH to their FL estate. That same amount of money will fund Meals on Wheels for an entire year. Trump followers listening?
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Meals and wheels is a good program but it is not an appropriate role for government.
 
fmw said:
Meals and wheels is a good program but it is not an appropriate role for government.
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We need to stop the liberals attempts to have the government take over charities.
 
Lord of Planar said:
We need to stop the liberals attempts to have the government take over charities.
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It's all about power and control. The more they control the better.
 
imagep said:
Then why force me to support our military by taking part of my earnings?
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imagep said:
Why not.

If we need a larger military, then why not make donations to it optional. Those who desire it can fund it. If individual funding of the military was optional, I wonder how much funding it would receive.
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*sigh*


THE CONSTITUTION PART XII - MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS....


It's literally in the US Constitution.


Please show where charitable donations made mandatory via taxation are in said document.
 
fmw said:
It's all about power and control. The more they control the better.
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Oh, is THAT the argument community service organizations like the various programs collectively called "Meals on Wheels" are saying, that they don't want block grants because of a fear of a "guberment take-over"?

I think your libertarian projecting has gone way too far.
 
fmw said:
It's all about power and control. The more they control the better.
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Let's all hope SOMEbody begins to control spending.

Regarding "they" (quoted above):
Republicans have the political reputation for fiscal conservatism. We lost that merit when we lost Barry Goldwater.

The most recent U.S. president to "balance" * consecutive U.S. federal budgets was President Clinton (D-AR).
In vivid contrast the Republican demigod Reagan not only ran up more U.S. federal debt than the Democrat president he maligned in campaign.
President Reagan ran up more U.S. federal debt than all the previous U.S. presidents before him, COMBINED!!

And since "conservative" is (however bogus) code for Republican, and "liberal" is (however bogus) code for Democrat, truth-oriented posters should exercise care in where they cast blame for our bloated deficits and debt. 403 Forbidden

* albeit w/ fudging the Social Security "lock box"

RH #192
Not the letter of the law perhaps, just like speed limits, building codes, etc,

BUT !!

In the spirit of the law, the Preamble, "the general welfare" is enumerated.

Are you aware some claim Meals on Wheels actually saves $money?
Meals on Wheels allows some handicapped seniors to remain at home, at a $fraction of the $price it would cost to keep them in a nursing home; where they'd have to live without Meals on Wheels.
Saving $money is a "conservative" principle. So who is the conservative in that case?
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Oh, is THAT the argument community service organizations like the various programs collectively called "Meals on Wheels" are saying, that they don't want block grants because of a fear of a "guberment take-over"?

I think your libertarian projecting has gone way too far.
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What makes you think they don't want block grants?
 
The government contributes very little to Meals on Wheels and a lot of the recipients' families pay for that service. Of all the things Trump is cutting, this one is probably the most insignificant one there is.
 
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