Wonder how they make the food? It’s a huge operation to undertake. A logistical nightmare. How can they estimate how many people will show up and how much to cook? Kudos to them to do this though.
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Re: Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker
#72One of those things I wish could out last this virus. We'd be so much better off as a society if we could at least keep our people fed. The comments in here seem a little negative currently but this is great news. Think of all the people in NYC who didn't have access to clean and regular food before the virus.
Do you get food banks in the US?
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Without universal basic income, we are totally f@cked UBI isn't a savior. UBI still requires that people, you know, pay taxes. If 30-40% of people have no income and are completely dependent upon the government, then you have slavery 2.0 (3.0?) and you will end up creating a worse, classed society than you had before: the ones receiving vs. those who pay for what everyone else gets. Or the government just prints mo…
Taxing only the wealthiest americans could easily fund a UBI for everyone else. The middle class will not have to make any sacrifices
And do said wealthiest Americans get a say? They are going to be kicking and screaming (and rightfully so).
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#74I would be really interested to no what the cost of this program is. Even if it's above a modest cost I think it's something the city should look into providing going forward. We should consider providing basic services to all our residents no questions asked starting with food and hygiene services. I also think New York could be greatly improved by providing public bathrooms and showers.
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#75The logistics behind this must be formidable. They would need hundreds of food preparers, all of them tested daily for COVID-19 and of course practicing strict hygiene in prep and packaging. Still it's probably easier to control than thousands of separate restaurants and food markets, which is undoubtedly their thinking: centralize food distribution to minimize risky contact. This is a sobering reminder of how depend…
Many things have become " just-in-time", production, so much that depends upon things ticking along and any bump like this, sure does start toppeling many a dominio.
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#76Very awesome, not checking IDs so immigrant friendly. I think this is sorely needed with as many people out of work, especially immigrant families that aren’t getting stimulus checks, unemployment, mortgage moritiums, or any of the other benfits.
Re: Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker
#77The logistics behind this must be formidable. They would need hundreds of food preparers, all of them tested daily for COVID-19 and of course practicing strict hygiene in prep and packaging. Still it's probably easier to control than thousands of separate restaurants and food markets, which is undoubtedly their thinking: centralize food distribution to minimize risky contact. This is a sobering reminder of how depend…
The menu lists mostly prepackaged prison food, nothing fresh to prepare
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#78But in order to get them you have to congregate. :\
Is that fundamentally different from going to the grocery store?
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#79NYC today, everywhere else in a few days/weeks. Without universal basic income, we are totally f@cked. 30-40% of people are without income and it's either soup kitchens and spike in crime, or UBI.
At least if they implement UBI then the need to build the wall on the border will increase.
You cant give away money for free and NOT have strong borders.
Re: Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker
#80One of those things I wish could out last this virus. We'd be so much better off as a society if we could at least keep our people fed. The comments in here seem a little negative currently but this is great news. Think of all the people in NYC who didn't have access to clean and regular food before the virus.
With more people obese than not in this country, keeping people well fed is not a problem that we have.