I am not above being charitable, but San Francisco just takes it to a ridiculous degree.
It’s no wonder that the whole state of California is turning into a complete dumpster fire.
That being said, before I tell you what I came here to tell you I want to tell you something else to put this whole thing into perspective.
I got out of the military in early 2004, and didn’t have much experience other than what my small town upbringing gave me before I left home for the Navy.
When I got out and came back home, I got into an apartment at a pretty low price, but realized quickly that a donated air mattress from a friend’s mom wasn’t going to be the final of it.
I needed to buy furniture, and I needed to buy groceries as well. I went to a Goodwill store in the area, and furnished my entire apartment with stuff.
Matter of fact, I still have the radio that I bought from there twenty years later.
I did this, because I knew that nobody was going to be helping me. When I say help, I mean the liberal kind of help where the person being assisted doesn’t do a single thing for it.
The word assistance gives the impression that the person providing the assistance is being met halfway by the person they are helping.
I mean, I didn’t ask someone for the money for the furniture. I went somewhere that was providing cheaper alternatives as a way to assist folks that didn’t have as much money.
It’s the same reason that some grocery stores have a “value aisle”, where there are off brand versions of the same things in the other aisles that are cheaper.
If people want help, they need to be able to help themselves a little bit.
Whichs brings me to the San Francisco free grocery store that opened up recently. Basically the city opened up a facility that looks exactly like a neighborhood grocery store, but there’s a big difference.
People that are signed up for a specific taxpayer funded program can go in there once every week or so and fill their cart up. With name brand stuff too.
It’s just another one of those little things that is going to chip away at the fabric of our country if we keep paying for everyone and every thing.
