elizabeth-cooper t1_j4hcuka wrote
Reply to comment by aneightfoldway in NYC budget cuts could worsen food crisis for hungry families by DrogDrill
This literally has nothing to do with the article. Neither the funding nor the food for charities is coming from HRA. Not to mention that "It’s unclear how many of those jobs are involved with the food stamp program."
aneightfoldway t1_j4hfae8 wrote
Except that the HRA is responsible for funding over 500 soup kitchens and food pantries in NYC not to mention that the folks that provide administrative services and distribution for those very same soup kitchens and food pantries are employers of the HRA. Cutting funding for HIRING EMPLOYEES OF THE HRA is a huge problem for actually keeping those food pantries and kitchens operating.
elizabeth-cooper t1_j4hfpja wrote
The article is talking about the potential problem of processing SNAP applications, not soup kitchens. The article doesn't even touch on soup kitchens and doesn't give the slightest hint that soup kitchens may be in danger. You're literally inventing problems that don't exist even more than the people in the article are.
aneightfoldway t1_j4hfygb wrote
Lol go back in this thread and see who brought up soup kitchens and food pantries. Certainly wasn't me.
elizabeth-cooper t1_j4hgu3p wrote
Yes, let's go back and replay this convo again.
Article: They're cutting jobs! People are starving!
Me: Nobody is starving. Even if SNAP is unavailable, there are still soup kitchens and free meals in schools.
You: Oh yeah, they're cutting soup kitchens!
Me: What? No, they're not. They don't even know what they're cutting. They don't even know if it's related to SNAP.
You: Oh yeah, but you brought up soup kitchens FIRST.
aneightfoldway t1_j4hh83h wrote
Ok so it looks like you're confused. I didn't say "they are cutting soup kitchens". I said, it's disingenuous to suggest that folks who can't get SNAP can just get go to kitchens/pantries because it's just as possible that the administration of those kitchens/pantries will be negatively affected by these cuts.
elizabeth-cooper t1_j4hhr99 wrote
>t's just as possible that the administration of those kitchens/pantries will be negatively affected by these cuts.
They're not. The article doesn't even hint at that possibility.
Again: it says they're trying to cut currently vacant positions.
aneightfoldway t1_j4hk4ut wrote
And, surprise surprise, this article doesn't cover every single thing that could possibly be affected. It's absolutely possible that cutting funding for the agency responsible for assisting the food insecure will leave more people food insecure.
elizabeth-cooper t1_j4hl6yi wrote
Its not cutting "funding to the agency." It's cutting vacant positions and the funding for those positions. What those positions do, nobody knows. We are going in circles. I keep repeating what the article says and you keep saying YEAH BUT YEAH BUT YEAH BUT
aneightfoldway t1_j4hlffq wrote
Great, let's stop going in circles. If you think that it's "not true" that people will go without food after cutting funding for positions with the HRA then I wholeheartedly disagree with you. Do with that what you will and have a nice day.
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