Proposed budget cuts may leave over half of Abilene's Meals on Wheels clients unfed

[demmiblue]

ABILENE, Texas — Meals on Wheels recently received an email that U.S. Representative, Jodey Arrington, has proposed a budget cut that would deeply affect them.

"That would include cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and the social services block grant funds, which are Title 20 funds, with a possible elimination of title 20 funds," Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Abilene, Betty Bradley, said. "And the Meals on Wheels program in Abilene receives like $1.9 million of Title 20 funds."

Bradley said that those funds are used to serve lower income people who meet specific criteria and have a need for the service.

"We have over 1,800 clients in Abilene and the 14 communities that we serve," Bradley said. "And so for us to lose half of our funding, means, you know, I don’t know, it probably would mean more than half of our clients would no longer be able to get meals."

https://ktxs.com/news/local/proposed-budget-cuts-may-leave-over-half-of-abilenes-meals-on-wheels-clients-unfed

[Clouds Passing]

1. The killing begins...

[BOSSHOG]

2. That is a very good program

Not only feeds the elderly nutritious meals but often it is the only human contact a person has when the meal is delivered to their door. Fuck that. Billionaires need bigger yachts.

[sakabatou]

3. Dump's cult can now be described as a death cult

[BOSSHOG]

4. Hungry old people mean nothing to republicans

[sakabatou]

6. Not just old, just does who are hungry and in need of help.

[XanaDUer2]

5. We get mow

[Comrade Citizen]

7. Regions north of Abilene depend on government assistance

The northern Big Country and Rolling Plains have no industry. The fields are fallow and there hasn't been economic vitality in 40 years. The last real boom was 1945 for some, 1929 for the rest. This region is heavily dependent on Community Services Block Grants and Community Development Block Grants along with Medicare and Medicaid funding. It will approach 1932 levels of poverty and people will have to move to the cities.

[MagickMuffin]

8. It the new interpretation of Jesus teachings

Don’t feed those lacking

Don’t house those who need shelter

Don’t provide medical care


Yep the new Jesus hates everything the old Jesus loved

Jesus hates the little children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow, black and white
They are beggars in his sight
Jesus hates the little children of the world


It’s kinda like the current admin disabling all the programs that helped those less fortunate. Yeah, he sees everyone as beneath him.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. Abilene TX 2024 Election results

https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/05/here-are-unofficial-results-for-the-elections-in-taylor-county/75824433007/

President and vice president
Republican: Donald J. Trump, JD Vance (74.38%)
Democratic: Kamala D. Harris, Tim Walz (24.55%)

U.S. senator
Republican: Ted Cruz (71.54%)

That's all.

[Paladin]

10. I'm well-aware of Abilene's election results.

I just don't believe, as a life-long Democrat, that said results justify the starvation of poor people.

That's all.

[JustAnotherGen]

11. I didn't either

Just letting folks know that actions have consequences.

I'm also a meals on wheels volunteer in NJ - Out of my own pocket I'll feed folks.

[The Madcap]

12. This is why I call it

Passive genocide. Make things so bad that people just die or kill themselves. Then they claim that they didn't do it. Just watch the suicide numbers spike if this continues very long.