North Carolina

They can buy in bulk and make their money stretch further, so I chose that option rather than shopping myself. They also know what they need most, which is probably everything now.

We can't replicate the economies of scale that the US government can, but if people can help, they should.

We have these programs (including Social Security & Medicare/Medicaid) because private efforts can NOT fill the need as well, at all. The economies of scale that the government can operate under have worked much better.

SNAP is a very successful anti-hunger program.

Social Security is the most successful anti-poverty program in the US, ever.

This is why Republicans hate these things. They help the masses. They scream, "Socialism!" The fact is, there is no other way to address these needs, which are primarily caused by greedy billionaires and large corporations that seek to generate private profit from every American's basic necessities, while avoiding their fair share of taxes on the billions they accumulate.

Then, when the government steps in to lift seniors and food-insecure people and families, Republicans scream about it - since they are the party of, by, and for the billionaires, exclusively.

It doesn't have to be this way, but for the Republican Party and too many Democrats, and most notably, the Republican operatives on the US Supreme Court.