None of the Poor Children Matter [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

None of the Poor Children Matter
Posted: 05/06/2012 3:49 pm

Officials in Clearwater, Fla., are working diligently to put the hungry in their place. In this case that place is eight miles out of town at a facility near the county jail. The St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen is -- according to the well fed elitists running the town -- "enabling" the handout taking behavior of those just looking for a meal.

This practice of the "haves banishing the have-nots" to the hinterland is just a part of a trend that is sweeping the country. Clearwater isn't alone in Florida and the practice is spreading to other regions. Philadelphia, Pa., has been in the news recently for their cutting-edge political philosophy that feeding people not only enables them but downright insults them if done in the presence of those who don't need assistance.

A recent Tampa Bay Times article about Clearwater attempts to remind the reader that many of these hungry people are guileless children. Having worked for years with the severely economically disadvantaged -- what I'll refer to henceforth as the poor -- the Times story jolted me instantly.

See, many of the poor aren't just children. No, many folks needing a loving hand are perpetual children. But sadly -- and often -- when developmentally delayed kids age, their parents die off leaving them alone to fend for themselves.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pat-lamarche/none-of-the-poor-children_b_1489646.html