What do any of these things have to do with people living in poverty? Private donors/non profits do a better job when it comes to food and housing.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @lilibalfour and
Seriously, do you see billionaires philanthropists subsidizing food to *38 million* low-income people in *19 million* low-income households every year in America? https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/usda-to-fund-snap-for-february-2019-but-millions-face-cuts-if-shutdown … cc
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @lilibalfour and
Are there billionaire philanthropists in America currently subsidizing housing for *5 million* people in *2.2 million* low-income households in this country right now? No.https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/policy-basics-the-housing-choice-voucher-program …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @lilibalfour and
NO. Because only the government does this kind of stuff at scale, while private philanthropy can subsidize, smaller-scale, high-risk experimentation that may be too politicized or unproven for the state to take on.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @lilibalfour and
For every meal provided by food banks, SNAP (food stamps) provides 12. https://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/press-room/farm-bill-statement …
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Replying to @allafarce @kimmaicutler and
You’re talking about quantity and I’m talking about quality. Low quality housing and food is not the answer. I see no reason orgs like Raphael House and St. Vincent de Paul can’t scale. Do you?
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Replying to @lilibalfour @allafarce and
Ask Raphael House why they don't/can't scale. Ask them how hard it is to go and do fundraisers and banquets, and all of that every year for basic family shelter services, and ask them how hard it would be to 10 or 100X that knowing the Bay Area donor community.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @allafarce and
There’s no reason they couldn’t expand if they wanted to. There’s no reason others couldn’t do the same.
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Replying to @lilibalfour @allafarce and
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@ralph_payton, why can't your sole family shelter replace all government affordable housing programs in the Bay Area?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
looks like he changed jobs this year and no longer runs @RaphaelHouseSF
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