THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

fuddle

Doveling wrote: »

Totally agree with Mardatha :T

And, although the people who kindly donate and/or volunteer at foodbanks may not be political, the existence of foodbanks is because of politics :mad:

Back to lurkdom because I am eyeing up my soapbox which I have been keeping stored under the stairs :rotfl:

Of course poverty is political but I don't think society can think it's ok to abuse a good cause that tries to assist people who find themselves in poverty.

The existence of foodbanks is because of goodwill and kindness. The need to use a foodbank is political. In my opinion a small idea to assist people in dire times has grown to levels that can be used as a political tool. I agree with Mar that in having foodbanks means that the politicians don't have to be accountable in the sense that rehabilitation for injured service men and women is funded by charities. It's not right, it's not fair and if this is what you were getting at doveling, I agree but please don't assign a political motivation behind the existence of foodbanks.

mardatha

I feel very angry that people in this country in this day & age are homeless. Likewise that they have to use foodbanks - which should not need to exist at all! But it is very much political. The govt are subtly shifting the responsibility onto us, after they are the ones who caused the problem in the first place. And I refuse to buy into their brainwashing. Which I do know isn't helpful to desperate people dependent on the FB - but it enables TPTB to step back and wash their hands - then stash some more money for themselves.
Does nobody ever wonder where all the money goes? The cuts, the savings ? Where does it go? Into the pockets of the very rich, that's where. The top 2% or something like that- of this country is richer by far than they were just a few years ago. We are eternally cutting and trimming and yet we never see any sign of the savings being made.
An they don't wander around Tesco scrimping and counting pennies so that they can buy a few items for the foodbank.!

Doveling

The existence of foodbanks is because of the need!
Good people will always help others.:)

I carefully put that the people running them may not be politically motivated.

Agree with you again Mardatha.:)

Mojisola

Doveling wrote: »

The existence of foodbanks is because of the need!

Good people will always help others.:)

Foodbanks in their current form may be a newish thing but charities have been helping out needy people for generations and neighbours have informally done the same.

fuddle

Doveling wrote: »

The existence of foodbanks is because of the need!
Good people will always help others.:)

I carefully put that the people running them may not be politically motivated.

Agree with you again Mardatha.:)

I disagree the existence of foodbanks is because of kindness and goodwill. If it wasn't for this there would be no foodbanks. The need would still be there, but no foodbanks.

Hopefully you see my point doveling. I see what you're saying. Touche

Doveling

Chicken and egg :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

GreyQueen

A week or so ago, my pal and neighbour SuperGran, saw another neighbour pacing the walkways. She's seen this behaviour in him before, it indicated that he hadn't eaten for a few days. He could have walked a few minutes up the road to the Sally Ann, or gone to the council or DWP for a foodbank chitty, but people have their pride.

He isn't the most sympatico of people, an ex-con with druggy habits and none too honest IYSWIM, but he had lost his job and hadn't any money for food. SG went into her cupboards and put together two carrier bags of shelf stable goods, knocked on his door and handed them over, saying to him,; Don't say anything, it's a gift.

A little while later, he slipped a handwritten thank you note through her letterbox, which she appreciated. She's a seventy-something pensioner and doesn't live high on the hog herself, but is a practical sort of practising christian.

When I had to give up eating gluten-containing foods earlier this year, I was left with some tins of stuff. I could have taken them to a foodbank, which would've helped but then, there are so many skint people in my block, I thought charity begins at home. So I nipped out early on a Saturday morning and put them neatly in a box inside the main entrance, with a note to help yourself for free. They'd disappeared in two goes within two hours, so at least two people/ households got the benefit.

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Jazee wrote: »

Another bug in my bonnet at the moment is the rise in homelessness and lack of compassion.

I imagine a lot of the lack of compassion, is down to the exposes of so called "homeless" beggars, who actually have a home and drive cars.

[Deleted User]

fuddle wrote: »

I feel that we're a nation of people who need the foodbank because we have a lot of debt.

That I can believe, but there's also those who are just out for whatever they can get for free.

A work colleague told me a story, about one family of his relatives.

Many years ago, there was a surplus of canned meat, and the Councils were doling it out to the local OAPs.

Despite my colleagues relatives both working, and fairly well off, they didn't only collect one lot of free meat, but the husband and wife went to different Town Halls, and got two lots.

mardatha

I think if you want to be a true prepper, one who will survive when others won't... then you have toi grow a thicker skin than most in here. I'm not arguing lol I'm just saying. And that's all I'm saying.
Thank god says everybody lol