Philadelphia Cuts Its Food Pantry Budget While Families Go Hungry - 7 views
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Baker M on 13 Jan 11This is an article about how Philadelphia cut its food pantry budget while so many families are already struggling. To be more specific they cut their State Food Purchase Program which is how the states buy food for their food pantries.
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Hyre A on 13 Jan 11It is extremly eye openeing learning that 1 in 8 americans are on food stamps, i never knew poverty was climbing so quickly. if i had to go to walmart at midnight for food because i've been waiting a week for it, i would be depressed. and it isn't fair that these people only get half of what we spend, but still make it last a week longer than the avarage american would have.
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Magnuson A on 13 Jan 11I found it terrible that it was really hard to find help from food pantries when people were starving. It would be so much better if the food pantries could be easier for these starving people to get access to
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Borror D on 13 Jan 11Dude that's all kinds of wrong! I really don't think it was a bright idea for the city to cut the food pantry budgets.... Just, ehh, wrong. -_-
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Carnahan H on 13 Jan 11that's sad. It seems like Philadelphia doesn't really know what is going on with their poverty level
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Stockhausen M on 13 Jan 11It bothered me that budgets qere cut when the number of struggling families rose! I don't like that so many people in poverty are children.
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Semmelroth R on 13 Jan 11whats wrong with Philly. cutting food pantries while so many people go hungry. that's really sad. :(
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Chapman M on 13 Jan 11thats not cool. that made me sad. Philadelphia is making a very bad decision i feel.
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Kelly S on 13 Jan 11Why would you you do a budget cut for a food pantry when tones of familys need the most help they can get.
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Tuttle S on 13 Jan 11Thye decision to cut Philadelphia's food pantry, is cutting on human lives. People who are in poverty are starving in Philadelphia, and whithout people alive in Philadelphia, then what, or where is Philadelphia?!