Americans' Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High

[Gutenberg]

So the Republicans ruined the economy so that the Democrats could look like heroes, Devobill? Interesting conspiracy theory.

[DevoBill]

Republicans ruined the economy. Good one!

[Mac1337]

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.

I can eat out for $6 a day. I do so now. Besides, are food stamps supposed to provide ALL your nutrition needs? Are we talking about people who make NO money? Who are they and why? See, this is the problem with all social programs. They eventually go bankrupt because of abuse. If I was running welfare I would extend benefits to people who are truly disabled. My criterion is simple. If you can live at home by yourself, you can work. Things like I don't have transportation, or need childcare or "can't find work or dozen other excuses are not good enough. Now, how many will be covered under my plan you think? 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]

$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.

[mikeylikesit]

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:

... and you think aren't?

[Mac1337]

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.]

... and you think aren't?
Show me.

[Mac1337]

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.

Ignoring every point I made only to latch onto the $18 difference. OK, I can eat out for $5.25 a day. Now what?

[mikeylikesit]

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.]

... and you think there aren't?
Show me.
Why? You don't want to know or you already would.

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:

http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=350

[kj]

In all fairness, hunger and poverty (in your quote) are not the same thing as starvation. How do they measure "hunger" (actually, I have looked it up). Hell, I'm hungry right now. No, malnourished doesn't count as starving either. kj.

[mikeylikesit]

Have it your way kj. Did you ever take a position on anything that wasn't equivocal? Do you assert that children do not starve in the United States?