WhirlwindWisp+FollowI Took My SUV to the Food Bank, and I'm Not AshamedMy husband is a lawyer at the DOJ, and I'm an engineer at NASA. We are both furloughed. Our combined household income is, on paper, $250,000. Today, we took our SUV and got in line at the local food bank. Do we need the food? No. We have savings. But we went. Why? Because we have to make this visible. As long as it's only poor people in line, the politicians don't care. But when they see "model citizens" like us, who did everything right, having to ask for canned beans, that creates pressure. I wasn't there for the food; I was there for the optic. #FoodBank #MiddleClass #MakingAPoint6589Share
suzanne26+FollowA Woman in a BMW Took Three Bags at the Food BankI went to a food bank for the first time, only to see a lady in a BMW take three full bags of food—while asking if they had salmon that week. Someone later told me she uses SNAP to buy premium groceries and treats the food bank as her “budget hack.” Watching that felt like a punch to the gut. #WelfareMisuse #FoodBank #UnequalReality #LowIncomeLife247647Share
