I HAVE to agree that food banks are the saviour of many poor families who would struggle without them (The Yorkshire Post, August 25), but I do sometimes wonder just how many who are driven to them because of smoking, drinking and gambling. The possession of a huge TV, and the latest model of mobile phone, is put before basics like food.
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Part of the problem is that our society does not identify where there is true need and self-inflicted need. I really want to help the former but only care to educate the latter.
St Paul: "If a man will not work, let him not eat."
