Gutenberg wrote:
Dakota, I absolutely defy you to feed yourself on the monthly food stamp allotment. Clean out your kitchen and start with nothing, and feed yourself for a month on $162. Go right ahead and try it.

One more thing, welfare case loads after the welfare reform act dropped 50% at places. We were warned there will be children starving on the sidewalks if the bill passed. wrote:

mikeylikesit wrote:
[quote=One more thing, welfare case loads after the welfare reform act dropped 50% at places. We were warned there will be children starving on the sidewalks if the bill passed.]

Gutenberg wrote:
$6 a day is $180 a month, over the limit. You would be over the limit even in February--and I would seriously worry about your health if you tried to live on Happy Meals for a month. My point is made.

Dakota wrote:
[quote=mikeylikesit]
[quote=One more thing, welfare case loads after the welfare reform act dropped 50% at places. We were warned there will be children starving on the sidewalks if the bill passed.]

It is ironic that as the world’s wealthiest nation, hunger and poverty in the United States still persist. Evidence shows that millions of families and children live in poverty and experience hunger:
In August 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2007 data on poverty, incomes and health insurance coverage. According to the Census press release, the number of people living in poverty was up about 800,000 (36.5 million in 2006, 37.3 million in 2007), but the official 2007 poverty rate of 12.5 percent was not statistically different from 2006. However, for children under 18, the poverty rate increased from 17.4 percent in 2006 to 18.0 percent in 2007. wrote: