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Food stamp use rises to record 45.8 million - Aug. 4, 2011

Food stamp use rises to record 45.8 million
By Blake Ellis August 4, 2011: 5:03 PM ET

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
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The economy continues to get worse....

Is there an end in sight or is this just the beginning?
 
That's all that hope-n-change. The Liberals's plan was designed to fail. It's the only way they can assume total power.
 
apdst said:
That's all that hope-n-change. The Liberals's plan was designed to fail. It's the only way they can assume total power.
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But I thought a bad economy means they lose power....

I"M SO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Jetboogieman said:
But I thought a bad economy means they lose power....

I"M SO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ignore the confusion, blame everything on the liberals, despite what logic tells you and you will be alright.

It is what Apdst does, and he is doing just fine
 
Folks don't think we're in a depression because there are no soup lines. Food stamps make the soup line guy look just like the employed guy, self-scanning his grocery items and swiping a card that happens to be the taxpayer debit.
 
Jetboogieman said:
But I thought a bad economy means they lose power....

I"M SO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Depends on bad it gets. If it gets bad enough, Obama can excercise emergency power and assume the presidency for life.

More poor people means more votes for the, "poor man's party". What incentive does the poor man's party have to create more rich people? Pardon me, but I'll throw my hat in the ring with the, "rich man's party". It's important for the rich man's party that I make money, so I'll keep voting for them.
 
apdst said:
Depends on bad it gets. If it gets bad enough, Obama can excercise emergency power and assume the presidency for life.

More poor people means more votes for the, "poor man's party". What incentive does the poor man's party have to create more rich people? Pardon me, but I'll throw my hat in the ring with the, "rich man's party". It's important for the rich man's party that I make money, so I'll keep voting for them.
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Obama is actually building a Soylent Green factory.
 
apdst said:
Maybe that's what he means by all those, "green jobs"?
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shhhh it is top secret. the alien reptilians prefer their livestock fed that way.
 
apdst said:
Depends on bad it gets. If it gets bad enough, Obama can excercise emergency power and assume the presidency for life.

More poor people means more votes for the, "poor man's party". What incentive does the poor man's party have to create more rich people? Pardon me, but I'll throw my hat in the ring with the, "rich man's party". It's important for the rich man's party that I make money, so I'll keep voting for them.
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LMAO! The Party of No & do whatever it takes has no use for you. Boner said he didn't care how many workers ~like you~ lose your jobs. By the way, the rich have a job for you in China. LOL!
 
It's funny how you ignore that it went up and down through Republican and Democrat presidents. Nevermind that the cost of living as a whole has gone up although Congress says it hasn't for the past two years and therefore has voted to keep many other social programs such as disability benefit increases down. I hear a lot of Republicans say Clinton wasn't a good president, he just got lucky with when he was president. Apparently though the same can't happen in a negative way though. I do however believe there is plenty of food stamp fraud and it needs to be carefully looked at to be more beneficial for the recipient and the tax payer. Closing in on 45 million people though that is barely a dent in the US's budget, not to mention the money it puts back into the economy.
 
apdst said:
Depends on bad it gets. If it gets bad enough, Obama can excercise emergency power and assume the presidency for life.

More poor people means more votes for the, "poor man's party". What incentive does the poor man's party have to create more rich people? Pardon me, but I'll throw my hat in the ring with the, "rich man's party". It's important for the rich man's party that I make money, so I'll keep voting for them.
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If he was too much a coward to use the 14th amendment there's no way he's going to assume the presidency that way. I wonder if that would have saved the AAA rating.
 
Until someone pounds some sense into the empty heads who are in charge this will not get better, only worse.

Obama and Reid, along with too many others still think you can tax your way out of a recession and it's never going to happen.

Revenues will go up when jobs come back, and that's over until the attitude in Washington changes, and business is allowed to do it's thing with less not more taxes, and restrictions.

When jobs come back the revenue stream will get better overnight, and it's all about how business sees tomorrow, and right now they they it it dead with Obama at the wheel continuing to do the wrong thing at every turn.
 
the cheap imported goods model has failed. it succeeded in lowering retail prices, but also led to enormous domestic job losses that were not offset by emerging industry.

time to give people the chance to work again.

or, if not, it's time to stop complaining about the entitlement programs that address the problem of displaced workers with no opportunity for employment. one simply can't have it both ways.
 
Helix said:
the cheap imported goods model has failed. it succeeded in lowering retail prices, but also led to enormous domestic job losses that were not offset by emerging industry.

time to give people the chance to work again.

or, if not, it's time to stop complaining about the entitlement programs that address the problem of displaced workers with no opportunity for employment. one simply can't have it both ways.
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It's not like this shipping jobs overseas thing was a conscious decision made by one person. It's a natural extension of the free market and globalization. Companies do this because it's cheaper, it helps their profit margins. They have no particular need or desire to remain loyal to American workers.
 
Deuce said:
It's not like this shipping jobs overseas thing was a conscious decision made by one person. It's a natural extension of the free market and globalization. Companies do this because it's cheaper, it helps their profit margins. They have no particular need or desire to remain loyal to American workers.
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they don't need a consumer base that can purchase the goods and services that they sell? i would argue otherwise.

the money is either going to come from employment or from government. employment seems preferable. companies that contribute significantly to increasing employment should have a lower tax burden than those that do not.
 
BmanMcfly said:
Food stamp use rises to record 45.8 million - Aug. 4, 2011



The economy continues to get worse....

Is there an end in sight or is this just the beginning?
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It is a cycle we have to break. The fall of the dollar means food costs more, which is driven by higher wage, production and transport costs. Toss in the increased unemployment and it's a huge cycle that cannot be broken without pain and suffering. Something few want to face.
 
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