Consider me Mr. Grinch as I call for a cessation of donations to Food Banks. Food Bank use is at an all-time high everywhere in Canada, in cities, in towns, in rural areas. Where there’s a Food Bank, user attendance is growing to record-setting numbers. Our donations just feed the ‘monster.’
Ceasing Food Bank donations will hurt thousands of needy people. People who can’t make ends meet, can’t put food on the table, likely are unemployed, have doubtful incomes and likely have no job security. Food Banks donations is going to change that? How? Give the unemployed jobs? Give the no income needy, an income? Pay the rent for those who cannot? Pay the mortgages of those who can’t?
It’s time to go after the real culprit behind Food Bank use, the governments, elected politicians at every level. They have not done enough to help the needy if our unemployment numbers are growing, if young people cannot find jobs, if middle-agers are shut out of the job market. Our economy is in a questionable state if Food Bank use sets new records and is constantly increases.
Place blame where it belongs, elected politicians. These people made endless promises during past election campaigns and where are we? Growing numbers of needy people. These politicians promised strategies and solutions to bolster and strengthen our economy and where are we? Record-breaking use of Food Banks. These campaigners claimed they would fix things economically, and where are we? More unemployment, more industrial rollbacks. Were these political leaders possibly lying to us during those campaigns, promising solutions knowing they would never deliver once they got into office?
So here’s our situation. Growing numbers of Canadians needing help and our politicians supporting your contributions to help them. Oh, those politicians may donate a jar of peanut butter, a can of beans as they show their support of Food Banks. Wonderful! But they want us to donate more and more frequently. They’ll pause with their one can of beans.
Something needs to be undone or done? Don’t expect the solution to come from one single-voiced citizen. We voted politicians who campaigned that they would fix things. Fine, let them get together and come up with the solutions. What else do they have to do when they are home for break from December to March?
Stop donating to the Food bank so politicians would see that we are not doing their work for them with our hard-earned money. They campaigned for government office. Now it’s their turn to deliver. They’re the cause behind the growth of Food Banks. They should do something about it.
Yes, not donating will really hurt the needy but what has donating done for them so far? More and more of them are coming to the Food Bank. Food bank use just grows and grows. Stop donating and the needy, already struggling, will not be in dire straights but our political leaders will come to their aid, ya think?
Food bank donations should shift from our pockets to politicians’ pockets. Let the elected officials donate the donations needed to assist the needy.
Food Bank donations are needed but let’s get those donations from the fat cats who got elected based on their promises to affect real economic changes. Send your letters of protest, your requests for real economic change to Ottawa, to Queen’s Park and to the Esplanade (municipal).
Stop donating to Food Banks but demand the elected officials compensate by making the compensatory donation out of their pockets. And not taxpayers’ pockets which they are wont to do too readily. No, scream at them to put up their own money or start making changes economically so the numbers of needy people diminish, employment numbers increase, people earn a living with certainty and confidence.
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