Reply to Gun shots on 14th street tonight!

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Gun shots on 14th street tonight!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding is that yes, hunger is an issue. The stats the Capital Area Food Bank quote are:

1 out of 10 residents of the metropolitan Washington region is food insecure.
Nearly ⅓ of them are children.

There was an article in the Post talking about how students have suffered and food insecurity via losing access to meals was part of it. I'm not a policy expert by any means, but I do think that the benefits from UBI would extend into the community greatly. Just looking at this one issue, people could then spend money in their communities instead of relying on school meals or food banks. Maybe shoplifting would go down encouraging more grocery stores to open, providing stable jobs. There is something to be said for the dignity of choosing and paying for your own food.

As for the issue of involvement with the drug trade, which I assume is what's fueling these shootings, my hope would be that with better options people would choose something else. No one wants to be terrified for their life as they walk down the street, or see their friends and loved ones hurt or killed. People with better options exercise them. That's why there's a Ward 9. [/quote]

So the shootings were about food shortages? Stay on topic.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics