(11-18-2022, 11:59 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: When I was active duty there were a few who I worked with that participated in the Toys for Tots giveaways. After one year most said they would never do it again after seeing the absolute dishonesty of the people lining up for handouts. They told me there were some parents who turned down the toys offered and became confrontational because they wanted something better. They also saw some put the items they were given into their nice cars and then get back in line. One girl that participated was compassionate and generous to a fault. She began tearing up talking about the absolute deceit and gluttony on display.

These days, handout programs are for the spiritual benefit of those giving, not receiving.

Agreed, but there has to be a better way.. The resources are extremely limited compared to the number of people "in need". People are crooked and manipulative and this economy strengthened the numbers of those people. So there has to be a way to seperate the truly needy from the greedy. 

With the cost of food stuffs going up and up, there definitely needs to be a way. 

Honestly, I really don't know what the job market looks like today since being retired, but I do know, not too long ago, companies on the news were complaining about a serious need of a stronger workforce. The covid shut down turned a lot of M-F, 9-5ers into 'stay at home, do nothing and demand a paycheck' employees, and now since businesses are back and operational, nobody wants to go back to work. They got too used to those free government handouts. 

Those are the majority of people I bet, we're seeing in those Free Turkey lines..

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