UK food banks brace for new influx of poor

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UK food banks brace for new influx of poor

Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 11.49
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As the first visitors arrive at St. Luke's church in south London, pushing empty shopping trolleys and carrying plastic bags, it is clear they haven't come to worship.

A man selling The Big Issue, a magazine that earns income for the homeless, jokes with a passer-by in central London on February 13, 2012. The economic crisis has left many people on the edge, but campaigners warn the situation is going to get worse because of government plans to cut welfare payments in the coming months.

Twice a week, this place functions as a food bank serving up physical rather than spiritual sustenance to the increasing numbers of Britain's poor.

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Discussion 1 : 14 Mar 2013 at 16.421
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You can't give something to somebody without taking it away from somebody else.
I have always fed my own family AFTER paying 35-40% of my income in taxes.
America has over 45 million people receiving food stamps.
A family of four in America making 100,000 THB a month qualifies for food stamps and pays no taxes, as the EIC about offsets the payroll taxes.
I used to make twice that, and the federal and state governments took almost half.
It no longer pays to get a good education and work hard.
That is why the losers and parasites can carry the popular vote now.
It will only get worse, as things MUST be produced before being consumed.
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