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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:12 PM Original message |
The stark reality of the food stamp cut (even after it was raised) |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. How many need it |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Or get such a paltry amount that they are still hungry? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. when we had to get food stamps last winter we were stunned by the amount |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. By using coupons and loss leasders I spend about $125 per month |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I can do that easily. I have done that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Why do you think poor people can't cook from scratch? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Because I worked on an educational program to help families |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Hotplates and no place to store extras? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If you are a single unemployed male, your chances are pretty small |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Or female. I didn't qualify because I had no kids at home |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Fie on the bug that keeps telling me it didn't post! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. When I needed it two years ago, I was ineligible in this state. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. He should bring the troops home but I am starting to suspect he |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Many Presidents back, we knew this position no longer really |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Legalize, Regulate, and tax marijuana. Stop spending $ to fight consenting adult "crimes". |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's a progressive ideal |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. People here seem to vehemently defend the right to pursue idealism |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm not a great mathematician, but |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't begrudge anyone anything |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Also |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You keep posting about begrudging hungry children when |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Recipients up 1/3, amount paid doubles |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. As the apologists are out there selling--it goes in effect in 3 years |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Magical thinking follows magical words, ey? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The wealth is in a stranglehold at the top 2% |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Refreshed, enlivened, empowered. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You really like playing with numbers. The number of hungry families tripled since 2006. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. my wife and i are about 100 dollars over the cut off point. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I didn't qualify because even with no income |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Plus the 11.9 billion previously "cut" |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yup in 3 years, or is it 2, it could be a problem! |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't care about the numbers. I don't care about the facts. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I wholeheartedly agree--for example |
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