One time during a conversation about children not eating their meals, we asked a Chinese lady who was quietly sitting in a corner, “What do you say to your children when they do not eat?”She replied, “Think of all the poor starving children in New York!”
This is one of the reasons I joined my church: we have a good outreach program. We do a thing called “prayers in the park.” We go out with a bunch of lunches and talk with the homeless. They are the ones who asked if we could do a “prayer thing.” No preaching, just prayer – and not even formal prayer at that. -— They form up in a circle and pray together because they want to. In this way, they are better off than some of our other parishioners: they know they need one another.
Yet the govt is there to help its citizens or not?
I’m old-fashioned enough to subscribe to the notion that the only legitimate function of any government is to secure my God-given rights. If I have a God-given right to force others to contribute to the causes I consider worthy, it is not self-evident.
“Hunger is a sensation. Hunger is not starvation” True.. after three or so days the sensation ends as the body resorts to consuming it’s own resources. When it gets to the point when there isn’t enough resources, that’s when you’re starving.
BE THIS GUY almost 8 years ago
Bill Watterson originally ran this strip on Thanksgiving 1986.
the calvinosaurus that calvin wanted to discover almost 8 years ago
Wow, Cubs win World Series!
the calvinosaurus that calvin wanted to discover almost 8 years ago
And Hobbes likes seafood, rigatoni noodles, and Tommy Chestnutt, so his hunger doesn’t last long.
somebodyshort almost 8 years ago
CONGRATULATIONS CUBS !!
orinoco womble almost 8 years ago
And the sad part is, most of those people who do indeed go hungry in America are not “just lazy”.
qct almost 8 years ago
Yes you get enough to eat, you are always stuffed!!!
rentier almost 8 years ago
I feel with Hobbes!!
Amra Leo almost 8 years ago
Well, it’s been the World Series longer than you’ve been alive, so…
Geezer almost 8 years ago
Old Texan75: Private Charity vs. Government Welfare
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Some people are willing to be generous with their own money. Others take pride in being generous with other people’s money.
BiathlonNut almost 8 years ago
One time during a conversation about children not eating their meals, we asked a Chinese lady who was quietly sitting in a corner, “What do you say to your children when they do not eat?”She replied, “Think of all the poor starving children in New York!”
dflak almost 8 years ago
This is one of the reasons I joined my church: we have a good outreach program. We do a thing called “prayers in the park.” We go out with a bunch of lunches and talk with the homeless. They are the ones who asked if we could do a “prayer thing.” No preaching, just prayer – and not even formal prayer at that. -— They form up in a circle and pray together because they want to. In this way, they are better off than some of our other parishioners: they know they need one another.
BiggerNate91 almost 8 years ago
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1985/11/19
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/08/30
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1995/03/12
bigcatbusiness almost 8 years ago
I’m with Calvin on this one. I don’t think Hobbes knows the feeling either.
kidagain almost 8 years ago
yes Old Texan and the democrats are stealing the money that could be allocated to the distribution system. what a world !!!
Tain'tPelagius almost 8 years ago
They’ll need another one for that, Sam.
Geezer almost 8 years ago
Yet the govt is there to help its citizens or not?
I’m old-fashioned enough to subscribe to the notion that the only legitimate function of any government is to secure my God-given rights. If I have a God-given right to force others to contribute to the causes I consider worthy, it is not self-evident.
cosman almost 8 years ago
“Hunger is a sensation. Hunger is not starvation” True.. after three or so days the sensation ends as the body resorts to consuming it’s own resources. When it gets to the point when there isn’t enough resources, that’s when you’re starving.
Number Three almost 8 years ago
And there was me thinking that Amercians gorged on fried food all day long.
Just shows how wrong I can be.
xxx
neverenoughgold almost 8 years ago
I prefer Asian food, if given the option.
However, I dislike typecasting food…
Geezer almost 8 years ago
…and some people would starve to death if they had to rely on people being “generous with their own money.”
… and that justifies your stealing money from others instead of being generous with your own?
flake-67121 almost 8 years ago
of course there’s growing poverty. democrats are on the rise.