How does ending food programs for the needy fit in with Trump’s belief that he is on a mission from God?

Trump has ended food programs like school lunches for kids in need and meals on wheels for elders in need. So I can’t understand how Trump could be on a mission from God and take away needed food from kids and elders. Cheers and happy weekend!

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GerOttman · 61-69, M

There's nothing that says everything has to come from the federal government. Many important services are better delivered and funded locally.

Many so called crucial services are more susceptible to waste and fraud the larger they become.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@GerOttman Do you have anything to back that up?

And we tried doing things like food for the poor that way.

Read a Dickens novel or the commentary of Oscar Wilde to see what an utter failure that was.

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Umm you're citing fiction ...?

interesting!

So you want me to provide a comprehensive list of every pork filled cronyistic federal boondoggle to infest the national debt?

Do your own homework!

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@GerOttman Oscar Wilde was a real person.

And you do realize that 99% of all social commentary in writing is contemporary fiction.

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I take it, you're the other 1%..?

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@GerOttman But if those services are not being provided, for whatever reason, and children are going hungry, it falls to government to supply the deficiency . .

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@SunshineGirl And here is the fundamental difference in our positions. No it doesn't! Plain and simple. A society utterly dependent on handouts from a government is not where i want to live.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@GerOttman Spoken like someone who has only read Atlas Shrugged and not a single history book.

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow never read atlas shrugged, heard of it
I do have an excellent grasp of history, lived some of it. Hence my disdain for governmental give aways.

Punches · 46-50, F

@GerOttman Yeah evidently, if poor people cannot even feed their kids regularly, they are ripping off the govt and billionaires.

The rich have convinced the middle class that the poor are the reason for financial problems.

GerOttman · 61-69, M

@Punches wouldn't be so many poor people having trouble feeding their kids if they weren't cornered into poverty by people claiming to help them.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@GerOttman Well, work on improving society and the economy so these handouts are no longer necessary. As things stand this is a moot point. And happily the safety net has not yet been removed entirely.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@GerOttman People are cornered into poverty by exploitative employers and a labour market that is rigged against their interests.