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| An unhoused person sleeps in the doorway of the vacant former Sir Walter Raleigh Inn in Bethesda |
Poverty, homelessness, and hunger continue to increase in Montgomery County. A new report released by the Capital Area Food Bank indicates that food insecurity in Montgomery County has increased by 1% in the last year. In contrast, hunger levels dropped in Prince George's County, the City of Alexandria, Arlington County, and Fairfax County. Food insecurity in Washington, D.C. increased by 2%.
The report was based on a survey of Washington Metropolitan Area residents conducted this spring. Most of Montgomery County's population growth in recent years has been in the low-income range. Meanwhile, the County has failed to generate high-wage jobs, and has not attracted a single new major corporate headquarters in over 25 years. The moribund economy and inflated food prices have been a devastating combination for many. Those who once turned to dollar menus at fast food restaurants to get by can no longer do so, as inflation and imposition of high minimum wages in that industry have had the desired effect of those policies' architects, to force low-income and working class residents to turn to government and non-profits for sustenance.
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Robert, you didn't just use the woke, DEI, PC, made up word for homeless did you? That's a bridge a bit too far and those silly words, that only exist in wacko, Far Left Dem, non-reality world, need to go away. These things tend to spread farther than just nutty MoCo. There's nothing wrong, never was, with referring to the main and often largest bedroom in a home as the master before. Please!
What will the policy reaction be from our feckless local leaders? Tossing more money at the issue and essentially never arriving at any semblance of an actual solution. Bravo!
So the notion of having a master bedroom, along with supporting indentured slave quarters does not seem wrong to you at all? Sometimes, things need to change JAC. Even setting the slavery issue aside, why refer to the largest bedroom in a house as a place for the “master” to sleep, as though that person somehow has a superior title to lesser classes of people in the household.
TOO MUCH MONEY and TIME is spent tolerating "BUMS"! Kick them out of town! I do not want a schizophrenic drug addict anywhere near Bethesda. Reopen the asylums! The problem is NOT "HOMELESSNESS" - it's MENTAL ILLNESS. Anything more than transitory displacement is a sign of EXTREME sickness. "Couch Surfing" and "Living on the Streets Drugged out for 10 years" are NOT the same category. The former are OK - people move around and might need a week or two to GET THINGS IN ORDER but the latter must be KEPT AWAY! They make Bethesda UNINHABITABLE!
8:10 - That's just so silly it's not even funny. The woketopians created that. People have been brainwashed by radicals to call homeless people unhoused.
It's just gotten out of hand. By the way, who put these people in charge? Who are they that have rewritten the English language? It's really interesting/sad that we've let total dopes create these feel good ways to call things that have been that way for years. Master bedroom means slaves and the master of the plantation? You're joking, right?
This blog could use some moderation. In more than one sense, Robert.
8:10 I'm glad you don't have anything but stupid petty inane things to fret over. The bulk of us have a life. ,
11:06 - Robert is the blogger. It's his blog. Who would do the moderating? If you notice, every time someone submits a comment, a message pops up saying it will post pending approval or something to that effect. So, this blog is already being moderated.
A 1 percent change certainly seems “level” to me.. wouldn’t call that an increase given surveying etc.
11:08.. some truth right there.
People experiencing taxes went up, too
The term "master bedroom" first appeared in Sears catalogs around 1926 to market a house's largest bedroom as the most luxurious, emerging during a period of post-World War I suburban growth. The term's usage grew after World War II as master suites, with their own private bathrooms, became a feature of the expanding American middle class. The term has since faced criticism for its potential connection to slavery and its patriarchal connotations, leading real estate professionals to increasingly adopt alternatives like "primary bedroom" to promote inclusivity.
Learn to listen, and if you wish, argue against opinions with which you may disagree. Instead of demanding they be censored.
4:54 - couldn't have said it better myself. As a matter of fact, I have and for years. that's exactly correct
NIMBY MAGA.
If you have a large establishment, with several rooms or areas, each secured by a door that is locked by a different key cut, does the "master key" that you can use to open any door, now have to be called an "owner's key"?
"An unhoused person sleeps in the doorway of the vacant former Sir Walter Raleigh Inn in Bethesda"
It could the person who used to sleep next to the Whole Foods in Chevy Chase.
Know the Rules - What s great take. In related news, the Master Lock company will be changing its name to the Primary Lock Company.
Good one 504. I would argue that the whole concept of “slavery” has been weaponized by the Left to attack white people. Isn’t that their argument every time they are criticized for something they shouldn’t be doing? Like promoting anti-Semitism.
Weird how there is no mention of the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees and contractors and how it relates to food insecurity in our County and our region.
Also weird is that most comments here don’t relate to food insecurity at all - just people airing their Resentment of the Day.
10:58 - Weird that no one blamed Trump. Oh, wait.
How 'bout the "master of ceremonies." What will he be called? Will one no longer be able to obtain a "master of science" degree? I know someone who is a "master carpenter." Must he find a new job?
Just trying to feed their family!
If only stupid occasionally took a vacation.
I had an automobile, in my younger days, with a standard transmission. The clutch pedal activated a hydraulic piston in what was called the "master cylinder", which in turn, caused the "slave cylinder" to release the the clutch plate. Was it a racist automobile?
Don't give these leftists any more ideas. They're already like children running around with a loaded pistol.
All words are made up. Look at Freedom Caucus JAC policing what words should be used. 'Freedom of speech for me, not for thee.'
@5:06 Literally
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