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Foodbank - 3 cars

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TalkToTheHand123 · 17/08/2025 00:11

Am I being unreasonable to think a family with 2 cars and a big fancy house shouldn't be using foodbanks regularly? No disability issues.

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steff13 · 17/08/2025 00:20

I think that I don't know other people's circumstances. I don't believe that most people would use a food bank unless they needed to. Maybe that's a little Pollyanna of me but that's my opinion.

The food pantries near me, some of them anybody can come in like at the salvation army or local churches. Others you have to meet income criteria. So if it's one of the ones that anybody can use then anybody can use it.

All states here in the US have food pantries, but we also have food stamps which are means-tested to 200% of the federal poverty level. So sometimes people might make too much money for food stamps but they might still struggle occasionally especially with prices going up so I can see how they might use a food pantry especially if they've hit a run of bad luck or something.

Needmorelego · 17/08/2025 00:14

Do you mean food banks that you need referrals for or "community" banks that are all about not wasting food and anyone can use them?
They are two different things.

MuddyPawsIndoors · 17/08/2025 00:13

3 or 2?

Either way, you don't run out and sell your cars and your house just because you're short on food for the week.