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Food Stamp Use Climbs To Record, Reviving Campaign Issue [W:77]

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Food stamp use reached a record 46.7 million people in June, the government said, as Democrats prepare to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term with the economy as a chief issue in the campaign.

Participation was up 0.4 percent from May and 3.3 percent higher than a year earlier and has remained greater than 46 million all year as the unemployment rate stayed higher than 8 percent. New jobless numbers will be released Sept. 7.

Food-Stamp Use Climbs to Record, Reviving Campaign Issue - Bloomberg

dang, bloomberg, what a racist observation

next thing you'll be calling him the food stamp president, or something

maybe the white house shouldn't have been working so hard to push food stamps in our people-of-color communities

radio ads targeted to blacks, spanish language ads on tv

food stamps help me eat right, and meet my budget too!

gas prices---almost doubled since barack obama's inauguration

wages---down 5 percent

national debt---up 40%

unemployment---from 7.8 to 8.3%

poverty---all time high

housing---still no basement in sight

58% of all jobs created during the barack hussein "recovery" earn around 10 to 12 dollars per hour

utilities up, groceries up, premiums up...

hope gone

only division and recrimination remain

fastest growing food stamp state in america---north carolina

no wonder mom's fed up

and not with food stamps

party on, progressives

seeya at the polls
 
Then eliminate SNAP for all but the unemployed.

Make min wage $20hr!!! LMAO
 
Then eliminate SNAP for all but the unemployed.

Make min wage $20hr!!! LMAO

And create even more unemployment and insure the mega-corporations are the only ones that can afford to survive. How awesome is that?!?
 
And create even more unemployment and insure the mega-corporations are the only ones that can afford to survive. How awesome is that?!?

But they ALEREADY HAVE min number of employees.......so your threat of the bourgeois is a old dead lie.
 
But they ALEREADY HAVE min number of employees.......so your threat of the bourgeois is a old dead lie.

You're not making any sense.

Of course a company has a minimum amount of employees. It doesn't take away from the fact that creating a minimum wage that a business can't afford, will force them out of business.
 
You're not making any sense.

Of course a company has a minimum amount of employees. It doesn't take away from the fact that creating a minimum wage that a business can't afford, will force them out of business.

They will lower profits and sell the jet rather than go out of business.

funny thing is, they "could not afford" having a min wage at all.........100 years ago. With record profits on WS, its time to have $20 hr min wage. (say $15 for out side citys)
 
They will lower profits and sell the jet rather than go out of business.

funny thing is, they "could not afford" having a min wage at all.........100 years ago. With record profits on WS, its time to have $20 hr min wage. (say $15 for out side citys)

You're talking about large corporations. I'm talking about small corporations. Most American corporations aren't traded on Wall Street.

It's like this: the guy that has a lawn maintanance business and 5 employees can't afford to pay them $20 per hour.
 
You're talking about large corporations. I'm talking about small corporations. Most American corporations aren't traded on Wall Street.

It's like this: the guy that has a lawn maintanance business and 5 employees can't afford to pay them $20 per hour.

Yes he can, He is charging $30 hour.

His profit will be reduced from $21 hr to $10 hr. Who knows, he might even have to work HIMSELF. LOL
 
Yes he can, He is charging $30 hour.

His profit will be reduced from $21 hr to $10 hr. Who knows, he might even have to work HIMSELF. LOL

They will lower profits and sell the jet rather than go out of business.

funny thing is, they "could not afford" having a min wage at all.........100 years ago. With record profits on WS, its time to have $20 hr min wage. (say $15 for out side citys)

But they ALEREADY HAVE min number of employees.......so your threat of the bourgeois is a old dead lie.

Then eliminate SNAP for all but the unemployed.

Make min wage $20hr!!! LMAO

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gas prices---almost doubled since barack obama's inauguration

Has nothing to do with the president

wages---down 5 percent

Has nothing to do with the president, in fact Texas is the fastest growing for min wage jobs. Party on Cons.

national debt---up 40%

Again, Congress holds the purse strings, not the president.

unemployment---from 7.8 to 8.3%

Unemployment would remain high even if McCain was president. The president himself doesn't create jobs.

poverty---all time high

Yet again, would have happened to McCain given the economy.

housing---still no basement in sight

And what SPECIFICALLY should Obama have done about housing?

58% of all jobs created during the barack hussein "recovery" earn around 10 to 12 dollars per hour

Would have to see a link on this, but let me remind you Texas is the fastest growing min wage job state. Party on Cons.

utilities up, groceries up, premiums up...

We have had a drought, I guess that's Obama's fault to?

hope gone

Hope is only goine for the hopeless Cons that buy into the rhetoric all the faults in the country are because of ONE man. I'd be depressed to if I thought like a Con.

only division and recrimination remain

Whille Obama has been a ****ty leader, the GOP pretty much started the divide by saying they were mainly going to work to make Obama a one term president. Doesn't exaclty sound like unity there, only division from the GOP.

fastest growing food stamp state in america---north carolina

So what?

no wonder mom's fed up

and not with food stamps

party on, progressives

seeya at the polls

LOL you're voting for a liberal like Romney, so you are voting for a progressive. Now THAT'S funny **** there. :lamo
 
Has nothing to do with the president



Has nothing to do with the president, in fact Texas is the fastest growing for min wage jobs. Party on Cons.



Again, Congress holds the purse strings, not the president.



Unemployment would remain high even if McCain was president. The president himself doesn't create jobs.



Yet again, would have happened to McCain given the economy.



And what SPECIFICALLY should Obama have done about housing?



Would have to see a link on this, but let me remind you Texas is the fastest growing min wage job state. Party on Cons.



We have had a drought, I guess that's Obama's fault to?



Hope is only goine for the hopeless Cons that buy into the rhetoric all the faults in the country are because of ONE man. I'd be depressed to if I thought like a Con.



Whille Obama has been a ****ty leader, the GOP pretty much started the divide by saying they were mainly going to work to make Obama a one term president. Doesn't exaclty sound like unity there, only division from the GOP.



So what?



LOL you're voting for a liberal like Romney, so you are voting for a progressive. Now THAT'S funny **** there. :lamo

It must be fun, posting half-truths and distortions to try to make some stupid point.

Texas pay and jobs increase faster than nation
 
Yes he can, He is charging $30 hour.

His profit will be reduced from $21 hr to $10 hr. Who knows, he might even have to work HIMSELF. LOL

You say that, as if labor is the only expense that employer has.
 
So out of everything you just focus on that? How does it feel to be a GOP mouthpiece. Come back when you can address the other points.

Still doesn't refute the point that Texas has the highest % of min wage jobs.

Wow. I provide the actual data on your half-assed claim and all you can come back with is "blah blah blah, GOP mouthpiece"??

I didn't address your other points because they were even less intelligent and comment worthy than your half-truth about Texas.
 
Wow. I provide the actual data on your half-assed claim and all you can come back with is "blah blah blah, GOP mouthpiece"??

I didn't address your other points because they were even less intelligent and comment worthy than your half-truth about Texas.

16 year old boy alert! :lol:
 
Wow. I provide the actual data on your half-assed claim and all you can come back with is "blah blah blah, GOP mouthpiece"??

I didn't address your other points because they were even less intelligent and comment worthy than your half-truth about Texas.

Translation "I can't refute anything you said".

Thank you, now scurry away before you have to do some work.
 
They will lower profits and sell the jet rather than go out of business.

funny thing is, they "could not afford" having a min wage at all.........100 years ago. With record profits on WS, its time to have $20 hr min wage. (say $15 for out side citys)

Ummmm, newsflash. The vast majority of us aren't getting our jobs from Wall Street.
 
Translation "I can't refute anything you said".

Thank you, now scurry away before you have to do some work.

I don't need to refute nonsense. That's kind of a base characteristic of nonsense, anyway.
 
And create even more unemployment and insure the mega-corporations are the only ones that can afford to survive. How awesome is that?!?

Mega-Corps are the only ones that can afford to survive currently. In fact, the system has been rigged in that favor. Robama will do no different than Obamny.
 
It's like this: the guy that has a lawn maintanance business and 5 employees can't afford to pay them $20 per hour.

No, it's that they'd rather pay 1950's wages and always bitch about how much more it costs now than compared to long ago. And because he wants to pay them so little, the only ones willing to do the work are mostly illegal immigrants, so he hires those. And all the people bitching about illegal immigrants and blah blah blah tend to use products which encourages the undercutting of American jobs and subsidizing instead with illegal immigrant labor. Thanks.
 
No, it's that they'd rather pay 1950's wages and always bitch about how much more it costs now than compared to long ago. And because he wants to pay them so little, the only ones willing to do the work are mostly illegal immigrants, so he hires those. And all the people bitching about illegal immigrants and blah blah blah tend to use products which encourages the undercutting of American jobs and subsidizing instead with illegal immigrant labor. Thanks.

It's more complicated than that. My boyfriend's father runs a lawn care company. He's one of probably 100 lawn care companies in his immediate area and they are all constantly competing with one another for business. He works right along side his crew and in order to pay his modest mortgage and maintain his equipment he's got very real limits on what he can pay his employees. $20/hour would put him out of business because he'd never be able to compete with the other companies in the area. Would you pay somebody $50 to mow your front lawn while another guy trims your bushes? 'Cause to make any money at all on the job, that's about what he'd have to charge you..and that $10 would likely not allow him to break even in the long run.

Consumers will kick your ass out the minute your costs rise, especially in such a highly competitive field. You have no choice but to keep costs low...so where do you sacrifice? Broken/old/inefficient equipment? Salaries? Give up the house so you can pay slightly less every month in rent vs. your mortgage? Get rid of your (incredibly limited) health insurance policies? Hire fewer people, making the people you have work more? And he doesn't even pay his guys "badly", he just can't reasonably afford to pay them $20 and expect to stay in business. Even if it were law and every other company raised their prices in line with his, he'd still lose business because people wouldn't want to pay or couldn't afford to pay for the service anymore.
 
It's more complicated than that. My boyfriend's father runs a lawn care company. He's one of probably 100 lawn care companies in his immediate area and they are all constantly competing with one another for business. He works right along side his crew and in order to pay his modest mortgage and maintain his equipment he's got very real limits on what he can pay his employees. $20/hour would put him out of business because he'd never be able to compete with the other companies in the area. Would you pay somebody $50 to mow your front lawn while another guy trims your bushes? 'Cause to make any money at all on the job, that's about what he'd have to charge you..and that $10 would likely not allow him to break even in the long run.

Consumers will kick your ass out the minute your costs rise, especially in such a highly competitive field. You have no choice but to keep costs low...so where do you sacrifice? Broken/old/inefficient equipment? Salaries? Give up the house so you can pay slightly less every month in rent vs. your mortgage? Get rid of your (incredibly limited) health insurance policies? Hire fewer people, making the people you have work more? And he doesn't even pay his guys "badly", he just can't reasonably afford to pay them $20 and expect to stay in business. Even if it were law and every other company raised their prices in line with his, he'd still lose business because people wouldn't want to pay or couldn't afford to pay for the service anymore.

You mean live within one's means and realize the result of the actual market? Gasp...never! We should subsidize instead through decreased labor laws and regulations!

Pfft, federal minimum wage is under 8 bucks these days. They could probably even pay 10/hr and maintain business. And if they can't, then that's market forces at work. 50 bucks to mow my lawn and cut my hedges? Depends on how big my yard is and how many bushes; but I may. I could see a 100/month bimonthly lawn service or something of the sort. Cheaper than cable. And tell them to come back in the winter and shovel my driveway too.

Inflation being as it is along with cost of living and increase in labor regulation, we aren't going to pay 1950's prices for the service either. And this is where the rub really lies because the market forces will pick who can provide cheaper service and those willing to utilize illegal immigrants will be able to do such and until we consume with intelligence, we ourselves are choosing to subsidize some amount of price with illegal immigrants. So maybe we force these changes, and maybe some of these lawn care companies go out of business, perchance there are too many as is and only exist because they can currently subsidize out of illegal labor. Proper regulation will cause the market to equilibrium about a sustainable point, and that may mean slightly higher consumer prices and 50 lawn care companies in the immediate area.
 
They will lower profits and sell the jet rather than go out of business.

funny thing is, they "could not afford" having a min wage at all.........100 years ago. With record profits on WS, its time to have $20 hr min wage. (say $15 for out side citys)

Take your argument, when you force the minimum wage up, who pays? The consumer pays a higher price for everything, now tell me as an employee that makes over minimum wage where are you going to get the money to pay the higher prices to pay for a higher minimum wage? Because your employer doesn't have to give you nothing.
 
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