Feeding America

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

Why are you using anonymous account to comment?

Could it be Monster? Paranoid and likes to use that emoticon exclusively, but then the comments are maybe too tame for her. I could be wrong.

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In answer to the question by dana. No, government does enough. If the government needs to do anything it is to create jobs. The more people working the less need for people to use a food bank. In the state Oregon, the budget must be balanced every year. If we funded one more program, one more job will be cut to pay for it.

@ Lamplighter. As you know,Oregon almost elected a Republican governor. It was by 1% point that a democrat won, thanks to Multnomah county. Portland gets a big say in who the governor will be, and i.mo. Kitzhaber wasn't the best person for the job and much of Oregon felt the same way. Kitz was already governor once. When he left the first time he said Oregon was 'ungovernable'. For the Portland people to forget that fact and vote him in on their democratic laurels, instead of thinking about what was best for this economy, is maddening. The way these two democrat governors deal with the economy is by making wide sweeping job killing cuts. I hope the unions are happy. I hope they redouble their efforts for food drives.

oh and btw, I am registered democrat, ( I have not changed to independent yet but will) I am also an ex state worker and ex union member, who lost her job due the state balancing it's budget on my back. I have not had to use a food bank yet. Thankfully

[monster]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

Could it be Monster? Paranoid and likes to use that emoticon exclusively, but then the comments are maybe too tame for her. I could be wrong.

Paranoia? It's one of my favorite past-times. You must be a little confused/paranoid, though, because I don't use that emotion, and I'm not bashful about pointing out wankerism, except when people are so stupid that it would just be a waist of my time, and then I just don't bother at all.

[Lamplighter]

Sky, I absolutely agree with you about the way Oregon State employees were treated in the last biennium.
The public always wants to take their pound of flesh from them,
especially the front line employees and their "cushy" retirement plans.
Lots of problems, and sadly not all get settled equitably.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I mentioned this subject in a group of people, a couple days ago. One response I got was, "We do enough for the niggers and white trash on welfare". I explained that the people on welfare are being fed, this is about the people not on welfare. Many were employed until recently, and with their unemployment running out, even more will be hungry. I'm not sure he was convinced, I think he'd made up his mind.

State budget cuts are tough, they can't keep spending money they don't have. Sometimes it means cutting the jobs that serve the most people, to blackmail the taxpayers, but when it can't be avoided, cutting the jobs that serve the fewest people only makes sense. After all, you can't expect the politicians to cut their pay/perks.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Monster doesn't strike me as being bashful about bashing or saying what's on her mind. I suspect it is someone else.

I didn't say I thought she was shy or didn't have a big mouth.

Originally Posted by monster

Paranoia? It's one of my favorite past-times. You must be a little confused/paranoid, though, because I don't use that emotion, and I'm not bashful about pointing out wankerism, except when people are so stupid that it would just be a waist of my time, and then I just don't bother at all.

So someone was hiding under anonymous but it wasn't you. You don't have to always be on a rant.
So you don't ever get paranoid or use the laughing emoticon but I would be paranoid if I was you. First person I thought of. * shrug* sorry

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Sky, I absolutely agree with you about the way Oregon State employees were treated in the last biennium.
The public always wants to take their pound of flesh from them,
especially the front line employees and their "cushy" retirement plans.
Lots of problems, and sadly not all get settled equitably.

Lamp. You are always the diplomat. Thanks

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

but then the comments are maybe too tame for her. I could be wrong.

I said, I could be wrong first post.

Originally Posted by skysidhe

First person I thought of. * shrug* sorry

I said, sorry the second post.

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