Sorry. that first line should read “Where do we stop picking up the pieces due to parental irresponsibility”

Obviously, you’ve not had a hungry child because there is no money to feed them. Sometimes, it’s the only meal of the day for these kids. Stats prove that children who don’t eat well, don’t learn well. Breakfast promotes brain power. Yes, the parents had these kids; but many of them had jobs and could take care of them at the time. Spend a day with the teachers (and the kids) in a school and then make those comments. Yes, there are parents who have kids and can’t afford them but the kids didn’t ask for that nor did they ask to be hungry. A good education begets lower poverty rates…………

Go to the back door of the Statehouse by 6:00am and you can have breakfast with Jose and Maria before going to Casa de Maryland to find work for the day.

Debbie is right. They all have prepaid cell phones courtesy of the government, New Balance sneakers, gold teeth, hair extensions etc, etc. That Independence card goes a long way for Momma. Even get’s her boyfriend of the month some fortified malt liquor & lotto. there is a big Black, (no pun intended) market selling these cards for cash.

From working in grocery stores as a part time cashier, I have very rarely seen anyone come through my line with anything decent to eat. They mostly use these funds for parties or get togethers, chips and dips for a Friday night poker game, etc. The only time I have ever seen anyone with any kind of assistance use these funds for what they are supposed to is WIC. The WIC checks have on them what they are allowed to purchase. Although, I have seen people come through with WIC, get 4 gallons of milk and ask the person behind them if they wanted any milk. These people receiving assistance need to be held accountable for what they buy and what they do with it. In ENGLISH of course. This system is in desperate need of some kind of overhaul.

Sandi, We speak the truth, True there are all colors who scam the system but you are the one living on a planet of La La if you don’t know that there is a greater preponderance of Blacks gaming these programs than any other race. One reason why you don’t see many blacks in your soup kitchen except for the freebie is because they have an aversion to hard work. They would rather know where they just have to show up & get it FREE all the while talking on their cell phones & smiling with their gold teeth. The Hispanics or New Americans know O’Malley is soft & scam the system. I am a grandfather of nine, white, & have lived on this earth for over seventy years in major cities in this country & it’s always been the Blacks & it runs in the bloodline, so chew on that granny gum flapper.

Where can we see you sandi? You seem to know so much about it. I was a sinlge mother as well who worked up to 4 jobs at one time (1 full and 3 part-time) and I NEVER received any kind of assistance, so keep your holier then though comments to yourself. I’m white too by the way and well-educated. So your point is…?