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Wellstone ruled

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2. Meals program is so important.

Reply to monmouth4 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 01:08 PM

Mar 2017

Volunteered many times to do daily runs. Number one thing I found is this,the thing we emphasized was,it the Person physically okay,many never have Social contact with the outside world. Heard stories about folks making their runs and finding Seniors needing Emergency Care ASAP. If it was not for the Meals Person,they would have probably passed away.

This is the face of the GOP,get sick,oh well,go die some where.

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I really need to re-think my being grateful for many things. I just read a horror story of how [View all] monmouth4 Mar 2017 OP

republicans are political bullies...they prey on those who can't defend themselves. spanone Mar 2017 #1

Meals program is so important. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2

"Die quickly" comes back again and again, doesn't it eleny Mar 2017 #8

Volunteered in the poorest neighborhood, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #13

Having worked in Human Svcs for the better part of 30 years this rings true eleny Mar 2017 #16

Agree. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #18

Good point regarding True Dough Mar 2017 #3

I had a man tell me one time he really didn't like the food all that much but the woman who monmouth4 Mar 2017 #6

I wish Donald Trump was that man True Dough Mar 2017 #14

Trump's budget is just a proposal. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #4

But they will pit it against something that is... coco22 Mar 2017 #9

I agree - Proposing this and their becoming bargaining chips is beyond description eleny Mar 2017 #11

I don't know how anyone could be so evil as to go after the most vulnerable in smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #5

Agree on all you say..n/t monmouth4 Mar 2017 #7

drumpf is all about making the very wealthiest wealthier and democratisphere Mar 2017 #10

That sums his character up quite well. mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #17

This is a calculated risk the Trumpteam is making. Fla Dem Mar 2017 #12

We should measure military equipment in Meals-on-Wheels equivalents. alarimer Mar 2017 #15

WIC via the Department of Agricultue is also taking a big hit with his proposed budget. 33taw Mar 2017 #19

Yep. That Meals on Wheels program has been bankrupting the country world wide wally Mar 2017 #20

When we began caring for my father in law mountain grammy Mar 2017 #21

So nice to hear that. The man I spoke to was a hoot. He loved his MOW ladies..n/t monmouth4 Mar 2017 #22

on the bright side. he will kill reaganism. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #23

The pre-Tea Party GOP in Congress are bad - but still ground in some reality salin Mar 2017 #24