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Food Banks?
OK - fine for folks in need. But on the news a woman rolls up to the food bank in a nearly new Renault Kadjar crossover. Is she really in need?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Probably not. They are vital for some but there will always be those who don't need them who will take advantage of anything going for nothing , and there will also be some who plan there spending around getting some free food so that they can afford their phones, pets etc. But you do have to be referred to a food bank.
What used to be luxuries, sometimes are essentials now.
Cars are often necessary for work and children... once it is assumed everyone has one, it is harder to do without.
Washing machines, tumble driers... may have been different with one parent at home full-time... which is rarely possible now. Etc etc.
Life changes. There are probably a few who will try to take advantage... but not most, I would think.
Cars are often necessary for work and children... once it is assumed everyone has one, it is harder to do without.
Washing machines, tumble driers... may have been different with one parent at home full-time... which is rarely possible now. Etc etc.
Life changes. There are probably a few who will try to take advantage... but not most, I would think.
No I don't ummmm, but I would expect someone who has had a job good enough to afford such a car (whether on finance or bought) to have had the sense to put some money aside for a rainy day. We don't know the circumstances here though so it doesn't change my view one way or the other that some people are really struggling owing to misfortune and UC problems while others have the wrong priorities and take what they can from the system
We don't know the background so it's hard to condemn.
Hell of a lot of working people out there who are living pay packet to pay packet. As for a car...sometimes it's better getting one on finance. Second Hand cars can be like a bottomless pit. I very much doubt though that anyone gets a car on credit expecting to lose their job.
Hell of a lot of working people out there who are living pay packet to pay packet. As for a car...sometimes it's better getting one on finance. Second Hand cars can be like a bottomless pit. I very much doubt though that anyone gets a car on credit expecting to lose their job.
Today I delivered food to a centre where an elderly couple turned up with a foodbank voucher and said '' We've been buying food from supermarkets and just found out that we can have it for free''
Made my blood boil but had to keep my mouth shut.
On the other hand Ive seen people turning up crying and in genuine distress because they have had benefits stopped and have been left literally without a scrap of food or anything left to sell to buy food.
Made my blood boil but had to keep my mouth shut.
On the other hand Ive seen people turning up crying and in genuine distress because they have had benefits stopped and have been left literally without a scrap of food or anything left to sell to buy food.