cods wrote on Nov 14
th, 2011 at 7:05am:
I did receive a donation card from the Red Cross claiming thousands of children went to school hungry because parents couldnt afford to feed them so please donate.
sorry I dont buy it..no pun intended.
I would like to suggest before we claim these people cant afford food.. they check out their pantries..I bet its full of crap most of the time..
people are lazy today if it doesnt come in a packet and just need hot water.. they dont buy it.. give the kid a packet of twisties..and hes happy.
the experiance I have had with someone living on a shoe string..was the child..had every toy under the sun. mum spent her day sitting on the backstep smoking..and the child ate rubbish.
staples today are expensive no doubt about that..but what did people live on during the war??and rationing... to hear us complain today is pathetic in comparison..my mum cooked..I cooked.. we ate leftovers..we stretched everything..we grew vegies had chooks.in the tiniest of back yards.
I wonder how many of these people have the giant plasma in the lounge room??
While I do not doubt that this is sometimes the case,
I do doubt that it applies to everyone.In my case, although I can't have chooks etc, I do grow some basic veges, and do my own
home-cooking (and RARELY have take-away).
I smoke in moderation (trying to quit), drink seldom, and never gamble. My TV is a 26" LCD
which I won (or could never have afforded it). My computer is nearly 3 years old, and I only
have a basic internet connection.
And it's still an ongoing struggle. It's not so much food prices that are the killer, but power
and gas.
Fortunately I am single, with no dependents, or I simply couldn't do it.
Not all of us waste our money.......