Food Stamp use at record high, half of recipients are kids

A record 47 million Americans, including many struggling middle class families who have fallen on hard times, now participate in the food stamp program. Forty-seven percent of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) recipients are children and 8 percent are elderly.

“Our goal is to get these families the temporary assistance they need so they are able to get through these tough times and back on their feet as soon as possible,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

SNAP spending has more than doubled in four years to a record $76 billion. The House budget plan would cut expenses by $33 billion over 10 years. The Senate has passed a plan that would cut $4 billion over the same time period. New polling data released today by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) show overwhelming majorities opposing SNAP cuts.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/food-stamps-the-new-normal.html

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November 18, 2012 at 12:36 am by Abdullah

or does, I know she loves him, which is a lot more than I can say about a teenage dcayare worker who has only been on he job a few months and works at a strip club at night (as one did at a primer dcayare we had him in before mother moved down to be near us). If we want her to watch him outside of the agreed upon schedule, we ask in advance, and find other care for him if she is not available. Sometimes she lets us know that she has doctor’s appointments, or other things she wants to do, and we find another place for him, but more often than not, she is available. We respect her schedule needs and recognize that as his parents, we are his primary care. She understands that it takes more than just mom and dad to raise a child. It works. As a culture, I think we are in deep trouble. When we don’t spend time raising our kids and they must raise themselves, they will get into trouble. Moreover, they certainly won’t learn how a family takes care of itself and likely won’t be around to take care of their elderly. They won’t know how to build and maintain relationships. I think the selfish aging hippy generation will try to vote themselves the elderly care their families should provide, if they had taken the time to teach them how to provide it. This upsets me because I don’t like the idea of my tax dollars going to support a lifetime of selfish choices. So many of these people run around doting on dogs as if they were grandchildren, perhaps in an effort to fill the void. They don’t have but one picture of their family in their house, and maybe ten of their dog. It is so sickening to me. They are unable to build real relationships and often claim the government should provide their care. In contrast to my lifestyle (yes, family values is a lifestyle choice), my brother did the opposite. He is almost twenty years older than I am, and enjoyed a life of building his career, travel, going to concerts, clubs, international destinations and so on. He is not married and has no children. Late in life he met a lovely lady who had fully grown children, and he has become involved in their lives. He has often said that he wants children, but I really don’t see him choosing to make the sacrifice to raise them, and clearly, it hasn’t been enough of a priority for him to make it happen. He is now in his late 40’s, and I am 28 – in case you were wondering. You have to make family a priority to have one. I quit my corporate job and work one that is more suitable to my family schedule. Some of my family look down on me for not doing more to raise my income earning potential. Money helps, and we would live more comfortably if I worked more, but it just isn’t worth the cost.It is very hard for a young family to make it. We are under a lot of pressure and stress and the corporate world doesn’t help by demanding more of workers and leaving them with less family time. They do this for clear economic reasons that are extremely short sighted for their own welfare as experienced workers will move on to other jobs, but that is a soap box for another day. I am personally glad to see the Hispanic culture taking stronger hold in my local since they often promote family values I feel my own European culture has lost.

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