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| Doesn't look like punishment for Foster children, looks like heaven for hipsters |
Michigan Messenger - Under a new budget proposal from State Sen. Bruce Casswell, children in the state’s foster care system would be allowed to purchase clothing only in used clothing stores. Casswell, a Republican representing Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee and St. Joseph counties, made the proposal this week, reports Michigan Public Radio. His explanation? “I never had anything new,” Caswell says. “I got all the hand-me-downs. And my dad, he did a lot of shopping at the Salvation Army, and his comment was — and quite frankly it’s true — once you’re out of the store and you walk down the street, nobody knows where you bought your clothes.” Under his plan, foster children would receive gift cards that could only be used at places like the Salvation Army, Goodwill and other second hand clothing stores. The plan was knocked by the Michigan League for Human Services. Gilda Jacobs, executive director of the group, had this to say: “Honestly, I was flabbergasted,” Jacobs says. “I really couldn’t believe this. Because I think, gosh, is this where we’ve gone in this state? I think that there’s the whole issue of dignity. You’re saying to somebody, you don’t deserve to go in and buy a new pair of gym shoes. You know, for a lot of foster kids, they already have so much stacked against them.” Casswell says the plan will save the state money, though it isn’t clear how much the state spends on clothing for foster children or how much could be saved this way.
Cry poor all you want foster children, I don't see anything wrong with this. I mean wouldn't this just be foster children living by the same standard that pretty much all middle class second born's live by? Legit I don't think a second born of the same sex as their older sibling ever gets to buy their own clothes until they hit 16 and make enough money to support their own wardrobe.
CW's poor younger brother suffered for years at the whims of my fashion sense. Those MC Hammer pants that were fly as shit when I was in the second grade in '92? Not so dope when he hit that age by '96. Pretty sure the fluorescent fanny packs and fishnet tank-tops I rocked the summers of '90 and '91 weren't "in" by the mid '90's either. What can I say, I was a cutting edge fashion kid ages 5-9, you couldn't sneak a trend by me no matter how quickly it fizzled out.
