Reply #207: Again, reread the article

[WatsonT]

they are not being banned from having new clothes.

Saying the state will not pay for it is not the same as saying they are banned from having it.

Consider:

Foster kid: can I have a free puppy?
Senator: uh . . . no. You can get one if you want but we're not going to give you one for free, that's not our job.

Headline: State Senator McDouchebag outlines proposal to ban orphans from having puppies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horrified citizens respond to Senators hateful anti-orphan anti-puppy platform.



And yes, at 15 I was wearing handmedowns. New clothes were something you maybe got for Christmas that that was it (other than underwear and socks thankfully). I somehow survived.

I pointed this out before but here goes again: 2nd hand purchases benefit the local community. New purchases benefit walmart, sweatshops, and corporations.

Decent people should be shopping at 2nd hand stores; better for the wallet, the local economy, and the environment.

But I suppose we can keep wearing clothes then tossing them out when they get dirty. We'll always be rich enough to do so and there are always more sweatshop kids. Heaven forbid any sort of movement start wherein crass materialism isn't priority number 1.