Romney needs to hold another can drive.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Without Electricity, New Yorkers on Food Stamps Can’t Pay for Food

A man shops for groceries by flashlight at an East Village grocery store in New York on October 30, 2012 as New Yorkers cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jorge Rivas, Thursday, November 1 2012, 4:33 PM EST

It’s been more than three days since power went out in many parts of New York City, including the Lower East Side where multi-story public housing complexes like the La Guardia Houses don’t have electricity, heat or water.

Many of the residents are also without food.

Many of the low-income residents receive cash and supplemental nutritional assistance from the state electronically through what the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance calls Electronic Benefit Cards (EBT.)

Recipients buying eligible foods are suppose to swipe their EBT cards like any other credit card for their purchases but since Hurricane Sandy hit, most Lower East Side stores don’t have electricity to run credit card transactions and are only accepting cash. Leaving many people on EBT with empty wallets, empty refrigerators and no access to food.

“The supermarkets don’t even really want to sell anything. They’re open but if you don’t have cash, you messed up. And everybody in these projects, they take EBT…food stamps,” a La Guardia Houses resident told WNYC’s Marianne McCune.

Listen to Marianne McCune from the La Guardia Houses below and visit WNYC.org to read her story

http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/11/without_electricity_new_yorkers_on_food_stamps_cant_pay_for_food.html

Edited November 2, 2012 by lostinblue

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Air drop the MRE's!

[JohnR! 5,495]

Without Electricity, New Yorkers on Food Stamps Can't Pay for Food

Fact is you don't need to rely on Romney to hold another can drive to help. There are several organizations who are operating in the NY/NJ area that are accepting donations. You can go to the websites of both NY and NJ state and get a link to the organization of your choosing, to make a donation.

So, instead of sitting around waiting for the government to do everything, you can take matters in your own hands and help, from wherever you may be.

Walk the talk.

[Ban Hammer 13,407]

Air drop the MRE's!

hey those beef patty ones could kill someone on impact!

[lostinblue 1,989]

Fact is you don't need to rely on Romney to hold another can drive to help. There are several organizations who are operating in the NY/NJ area that are accepting donations. You can go to the websites of both NY and NJ state and get a link to the organization of your choosing, to make a donation.

So, instead of sitting around waiting for the government to do everything, you can take matters in your own hands and help, from wherever you may be.

Walk the talk.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Sandy-Starved-New-Yorkers-Dumpster-Dive/176839571

People taking matters into their own hands....meanwhile the marathon goes on.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Why hold another "drive"? Why not just purchase the goods? Why do the whole farce of buying them and then pretending people donated it?

[lostinblue 1,989]

Why hold another "drive"? Why not just purchase the goods? Why do the whole farce of buying them and then pretending people donated it?

Out where I am we try to put together a tractor trailer full of food and supplies rather than the one can of soup you would donate.This is what a food drive is..... a whole community makes the effort to provide help.

[decocker 7,198]

Out where I am we try to put together a tractor trailer full of food and supplies rather than the one can of soup you would donate.This is what a food drive is..... a whole community makes the effort to provide help.

haha! #######?

one can evy? is that all you're gonna do to help yer fellow blue states??

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Out where I am we try to put together a tractor trailer full of food and supplies rather than the one can of soup you would donate.This is what a food drive is..... a whole community makes the effort to provide help.

Must be a conservative area, because in a liberal area, they would just find a way to use taxpayers's money to run an ad to show how insensitive Romney is.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Out where I am we try to put together a tractor trailer full of food and supplies rather than the one can of soup you would donate.This is what a food drive is..... a whole community makes the effort to provide help.

I don't even know what this response means.

I know what a food drive is. I donate to them on a regular basis, as well as donating directly to the Red Cross.

All I said was that Romney simply had his people spend 5k at Walmart the other day - why can't he do that again? Why the need to pretend the items were donated by others?

haha! #######?

one can evy? is that all you're gonna do to help yer fellow blue states??

Back off, canned food is expensive. Or something.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Out where I am we try to put together a tractor trailer full of food and supplies rather than the one can of soup you would donate.This is what a food drive is..... a whole community makes the effort to provide help.

And I applaud that initiative. I don't think that those who are in need of food, water or supplies would very much care whether the food was airlifted or hauled in the back of a tractor.

Walk the talk.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Why the need to pretend the items were donated by others?

Because it demonstrates two things: 1) that Mitt's supporters are charitable and caring and 2) Mitt organizes for those in need. Of course, once it is revealed that this was completely staged, it backfires because now it demonstrates that there isn't a terrible thing that could happen that Mitt won't exploit for political mileage.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Because it demonstrates two things: 1) that Mitt's supporters are charitable and caring and 2) Mitt organizes for those in need. Of course, once it is revealed that this was completely staged, it backfires because now it demonstrates that there isn't a terrible thing that could happen that Mitt won't exploit for political mileage.

And they can be, absolutely. Some people at that rally actually brought their own stuff. But they dropped it off at the door, and had to be pictured handing over DIFFERENT stuff. So weird!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And they can be, absolutely. Some people at that rally actually brought their own stuff. But they dropped it off at the door, and had to be pictured handing over DIFFERENT stuff. So weird!

It is, indeed. The photo-op was more important than the actual donations.