Originally posted by Cathedral
It's time for the US to start caring, and they can start by offering Tax Breaks for grocery stores that 'GIVE TO THE HUNGRY'.
The last time i moved i went on a box hunt to pack my stuff in and while roaming the back lot of the local Kroger, I saw a guy hosing down the dumpster full of produce and other food items.
I asked him why he was doing it and he told me it was to speed up the rotting process in the summer heat so the homeless wouldn't scavenge the food.
This really pissed me off that so much gets wasted and destroyed on purpose while some of our own citizens go hungry.
So i asked him why they didn't just load it up and send it to the free store?
He said it was because they can't write it off if they donate it.
WTF?
Now i know Kroger does do cheritable things for the community, but it makes no sense that something that can be used to ease the burden on some people simply isn't done, and why our pathetic government doesn't create more incentives for them to stop wasting so much food.
Sorry, didn't mean to rant, but this really bothers me that we as a society care so little for those who are down on their luck.
All homeless people aren't lazy bums, and some of them have families waiting back at the box for Mommy and Daddy to bring back something to eat.
I thank the good Lord that i have been so blessed, but since a certain company came to town I have virtually lost every client i managed to get for my business.
Notice how i have been here more lately?
I'm not worried though, I'll be fine, but so many aren't and need a hand, so why can we not reach out to them more by making use of more of what gets wasted?
It's time for the US to start caring, and they can start by offering Tax Breaks for grocery stores that 'GIVE TO THE HUNGRY'.
The last time i moved i went on a box hunt to pack my stuff in and while roaming the back lot of the local Kroger, I saw a guy hosing down the dumpster full of produce and other food items.
I asked him why he was doing it and he told me it was to speed up the rotting process in the summer heat so the homeless wouldn't scavenge the food.
This really pissed me off that so much gets wasted and destroyed on purpose while some of our own citizens go hungry.
So i asked him why they didn't just load it up and send it to the free store?
He said it was because they can't write it off if they donate it.
WTF?
Now i know Kroger does do cheritable things for the community, but it makes no sense that something that can be used to ease the burden on some people simply isn't done, and why our pathetic government doesn't create more incentives for them to stop wasting so much food.
Sorry, didn't mean to rant, but this really bothers me that we as a society care so little for those who are down on their luck.
All homeless people aren't lazy bums, and some of them have families waiting back at the box for Mommy and Daddy to bring back something to eat.
I thank the good Lord that i have been so blessed, but since a certain company came to town I have virtually lost every client i managed to get for my business.
Notice how i have been here more lately?
I'm not worried though, I'll be fine, but so many aren't and need a hand, so why can we not reach out to them more by making use of more of what gets wasted?
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