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Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s.

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walden3
April 1, 2008, 7:34 a.m.
People are hurting and things are looking to get much worse before they get better.
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bill2936
April 1, 2008, 10:25 a.m.
The thing I think of when the question of food stamps comes up is 'name brand'. I note how those on food stamps buy the 'name brand' food and the 'cash paying Americans' are buying the 'store brand'.
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normallysilent
April 1, 2008, 11:53 a.m.
What an a$$
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normallysilent
April 1, 2008, 12:33 p.m.
and yet another a$$
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normallysilent
April 1, 2008, 12:53 p.m.
A young couple with children with a parent out serving their county and needs some help.
No we wouldn't want to help them.
A young family having problems due the the factory closing and the work going to China or Mexico.
No we wouldn't want to help them.
OK, just a young mother which made a mistake and got pregnant and is out on her own.
What we shouldn't help her either because she made a mistake?
Yes there are many out there which use the system. There are just as many which don't seem to catch your attention as readily, which do deserve some help. They may well be in the situation their in ,due to the screwed up decisions your generation has been making .
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jumpmaster
April 1, 2008, 3:18 p.m.
When I was a kid, my family fell on hard times. When we went to the grocery store we bought day old bakery, vegetables from the over ripe rack, and we bought soup bones and other cheap meats.
I will never forget the po' people checking out with their food stamps. There were steaks, prepared foods, potato chips, convenience foods, and all of the other things that we couldn't afford.
It was a real eye opener and it was not an isolated case. We saw the same thing every single time we went shopping.
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not2needy
April 1, 2008, 4:12 p.m.
I still have many friends i used to work with (in the food stamp office) and they have said that the flow of people is so bad they don't have enough workers to accomodate them all.
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THOMNH62
April 1, 2008, 6:55 p.m.
BEAU7890 Clearly you have no first hand experience of what's going on with the working poor and the middle classes either, saintetienne.
Clearly you are unable to do any real research, the middle class and the working poor are two very different distinctons. I bet your one of the 40% of Americans that don't pay taxes.
Quackpot, that fits you well, the Ultra rich as you call them pay almost all the taxes in this country, now whats fair about that, they get the tax breaks because they are the only ones paying any.
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Jaydee40
April 1, 2008, 12:36 p.m.
Socialism would be a step up from the mess you have now.
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quackpot
April 1, 2008, 12:37 p.m.
snt - perhaps you should resume taking your meds. Your rants are becoming stranger and stranger each day. At any rate, you should stay off of your bicycle until you have recovered your senses.
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quackpot
April 1, 2008, 5:36 p.m.
if you are a member of the ultra-rich, please ask snt for the appropriate forms to fill out for the Republican earmarks that will help you to even more wealth.
Republican? oh yes, the previous Republican congress has provided twice as much in earmarks (welfare for the ultra-rich )than the current congress.