In theory that is the whole point of taxpayer funded support programs... we can't all be there, but we do all pay taxes for the specific purpose of having a better society (including things like food banks, soup kitchens, etc for people in need).
Food banks and soup kitchens are predominantly provided by charities and religions. Not by tax payers. I would encourage you to look up what welfare is available for people like this in your local area to ascertain how much {if any] is tax payer funded.
> In theory that is the whole point of taxpayer funded support programs... we can't all be there, but we do all pay taxes for the specific purpose of having a better society (including things like food banks, soup kitchens, etc for people in need).
Presumably, any legal finding of necessity by a judge is based on an awareness of an existence of these programs, such as they may be in the applicable jurisdiction, and a determination that they were not, in fact, sufficient to meet the need in the specific circumstance at issue.
The existence of a government program intended in theory as a general solution to a problem does not logically imply (and, in fact, often falls very short in practice) that the problem is, in fact, adequately and sufficiently addressed in all concrete cases.
> but we do all pay taxes for the specific purpose of having a better society (including things like food banks, soup kitchens, etc for people in need).
And also including judges that review the specific circumstances of particular cases brought before them.
I would need to see the actual data on that because that is definitely not my experience with social programs in the US. There is money in the federal programs for the US even not counting private organizations and states.
You don't actually have to provide income information when you first sign up for commodities programs these days (it is required later), and EBT provides a fair amount.
Shelter is the bigger concern than food for US poor. We really need to look at the whole idea of housing. Training money is there, but its pretty useless without proper shelter and transportation systems.
