How Do You Spend Millions Intended To Help The Poor?

On the poor, of course. President Obama told governors that the federal stimulus was meant to “help ensure that you don’t need to make cuts to essential services Americans rely on now more than ever.” So “How to spend it?” would seem like an easy question to answer. But homeless advocates in San Francisco are afraid it won’t play out that simply. Many fear that the proposed cuts in the budget will still go through despite the emergency funding.

“The mayor’s office is still going to make the cuts and send the money out the back door … to other areas of the budget.” Supervisor John Avalos told the San Francisco Chronicle.

At St. Anthony’s we’re already begining to see the effects of the closing of publicly funded food programs in San Franicso. People are still hungry — but now they’re traveling from across town to stand in line at St. Anthony Dining Room. More families, having recently lost their insurance, are visiting St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic. We’ve bailed out banks and car manufacturers already, why not try a human bailout this time?