tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post758296486961039040..comments2024-03-28T14:29:52.589-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Old Man JohnsonEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-55934164189884758732015-11-23T21:46:30.732-05:002015-11-23T21:46:30.732-05:00We also do similar locally. I live in a mobile ho...We also do similar locally. I live in a mobile home park, and people always leave unwanted items near dumpsters for others to take and use. We often take clothing and wash and donate to rescue mission and to people we know that can use them. Also, often there are items like kitchen appliances and the like which I am able to repair and donate to people. <br /> My family growing up was never poor, we always had enough, but were never with a lot of extra money either. However, it sure seems like things today are a close copy of what was going on just before the Great Depression, from what I have read. <br /> Many people had lots of money, spending like there was no tomorrow, while on the fringes there were those who were struggling to get by, some not knowing where their next meal would come from. <br /> The biggest difference I see that is stopping a full on depression from happening is the government is artificially propping up the poor with fake money and social programs, created out of thin air.<br /> I have absolutely no problem with helping people out in bad times. My grandparents received food from the FDA program before they decided that food stamps were a better, more productive method of distributing excess food from farmers to the needy. I have issues with that notion, I believe that it was just to create more agricultural megacorporations. But I am not an expert or an economist, just some who witnessed the good that food distribution did and the harm that the Bridge Cards have sometimes caused. <br /> I realize this is a leap from your post, but I am just trying to say that I really support your efforts to help out locally, and believe that is probably the best solution for most of the humanitarian aid in this country. If we could somehow channel the money from the Fed. Gov. down to the local level, and let localities distribute it as it is really needed instead of using it as a political tool, it would go a lot further to eliminate hunger and despair in this country.<br /> I know that God will bless everyone of you who are helping out not only this one man, but also those many other unnamed people out there. <br /> Thank you to that Marine for his service to this country. May we one day prove to be as worthy as he.pigpen51https://www.blogger.com/profile/07447842175184001919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-81694704731021724462015-11-23T17:15:47.841-05:002015-11-23T17:15:47.841-05:00That's good of you to help him! We hand out b...That's good of you to help him! We hand out blankets all winter long (I purchase them at the goodwill and launder them and keep them in stock). My husband is a sheriff's deputy and he always finds people to hand them out to, he keeps them in the trunk of his cruiser. Also we keep old clothes, coats, etc (again goodwill purchased)... in case we learn of someone in need. The kids and I try to find a specific person to help around the holidays, and we do it anonymously (or semi-anonymously) if possible. They've got a soft spot for veterans :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-28033808632892555572015-11-23T16:55:20.001-05:002015-11-23T16:55:20.001-05:00I want to see what we can do locally. Fast Eddie ...I want to see what we can do locally. Fast Eddie (Fullback, Eaton Rapids class of 1959, Air Force 1960-64) is in the salvage business. He and his grandson "Horse" are sorting through his pole barn looking for a couple of doors. <br /><br />My State representative is Tom Barrett and he is a Gulf War Vet and he is all about connecting vets with benefits they earned. I sent one of him an email.<br /><br />The biggest thing "P" needs is to have the wheels at VA start turning and, perhaps, a few loads of stove wood dropped off. "P" really does not want much....just enough to get by for the time being.<br /><br />I bet there are at least 20,000 guys almost identical to "P" scattered around the country. Find one and give him a quilt...or firewood...or 50 pounds of rice.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-56419002653488426542015-11-23T14:23:02.808-05:002015-11-23T14:23:02.808-05:00I'd help him out if I could, I have some lefto...I'd help him out if I could, I have some leftover insulation in my attic from another project. The kids and I would like to help. Anything he could use from afar? Gift cards to local establishments for building supplies or daily necessities? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com