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Geeez, I wouldn't go THAT far. :shock:
I do think its high time to apply Bloomberg restrictions on what may be purchased with food stamps though. No sugar or sugary food; no cooking oil; nothing processed like white flour, white rice, white bread, white pasta or things made with them; nothing that contains a certain level of fat content recommended by nutritionists. I'd be willing to bet if these types of restrictions were placed on food stamps, grocery stores and the food industry would begin to stock and market more of the healthier stuff and the whole country would start eating and drinking healthier.
Geeez, I wouldn't go THAT far. :shock:
I do think its high time to apply Bloomberg restrictions on what may be purchased with food stamps though. No sugar or sugary food; no cooking oil; nothing processed like white flour, white rice, white bread, white pasta or things made with them; nothing that contains a certain level of fat content recommended by nutritionists. I'd be willing to bet if these types of restrictions were placed on food stamps, grocery stores and the food industry would begin to stock and market more of the healthier stuff and the whole country would start eating and drinking healthier.
I see you have a good heart, but that good heart is turning you into a bleeding heart liberal. We have to be tough on the uncompetitive and useless or they will just ask for more, more, more. There is no reason why each and every one of them can't be a Bill Gates. But instead of improving themselves they smoke crack all day long.
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Report: Nearly a quarter of all Americans struggle to afford food - Salon.com
Looks like many of our citizens are struggling to get one of the basic needs in this world; food. One of the richest countries in the world, no wait THE richest country in the world, and nearly 25% of our citizens are struggling to get food. [/INDENT]
Who would that be? I see no starving beggars on the street like in many if not most 3rd world countries.
i do not see starving people
but i see hungry people
about 280 a week these days
i am certain that some could afford to buy a meal for themselves if our soup kitchen was not open
but i am equally certain that most who show up to eat would not have access to a meal otherwise
which tells me we have hunger in the USA
and since the great recession, the numbers have increased
Soup kitchens feed homeless which have a difficult time getting food stamps and it is a needed service for those that fall between the cracks. Would you agree that most patrons of these kitchens have drug and or alcohol problems?
Would you like me to link literally dozens of smart phones you can get for free with a two-year contract?
Do you think about the bull**** you regurgitate or do you just parrot it without question?
Jesus Christ listen to these right-wingers.
Would you like me to link literally dozens of smart phones you can get for free with a two-year contract?
Do you think about the bull**** you regurgitate or do you just parrot it without question?
operated entirely by volunteers using food that can no longer be sold by the grocers
and the folks line up to enjoy it - because they are hungry
these are the folks some of you insist do not exist
25% is not a bad statistic at all when you consider that just 1% of this country owns almost half of the wealth and the next 9% own the rest.
So 90% of the population has no money at all?
10% own just about everything, meaning that 90% don't own much at all in terms of wealth...
Well that depends on your definition of "don't own much at all in terms of wealth". I earn an average salary, and even I have wealth. I personally know people who earn less than I do, more than I do, and the same as I do who have more wealth and less wealth than I do.
But you said that the top 10% own ALL of the wealth. That i s a completely inaccurate and/or ignorant statement.
this graph supports the presentation that the wealth in the USA is concentrated in the upper 10%:
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It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones
this graph supports the presentation that the wealth in the USA is concentrated in the upper 10%:
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It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones
Which proves what exactly?
Subsidies, soil banking, dept of ag buy ups of surplus goods and stupid crap like gasahol, all have more to do with food prices and inability to buy food than that stupid chart.
You cant cry about income inequality at the same time as taxes and government are used to keep food prices high.
your post assumes that i am not in the top 10%, an assumption you cannot make"Concentrated" in the upper 10%" and "all of the wealth is owned by the top 10%", which is what kenc claimed, are two entirely different things.
My advice: If you're envious, become one of the top 10%. A lot of the people who bitch about/are envious of the top 10% could easily become one of them if they applied themselves and worked hard for it. But the problem is, a lot of people think that any old job, from Wal Mart greeter to fastening bolts onto doohickeys at the lawn mower manufacturing plant should provide them wealth that allows them to live like the elite. The world just doesn't work like that.
your post assumes that i am not in the top 10%, an assumption you cannot make
you also assume this has anything to do with envy
it has everything to do with equity
it proves what was stated, compared to the top 1 out of 100, the collective 90 out of 100 owns less wealth
there are always going to be winners and losers, but let's keep the playing field level
and economically, it is not. we have the best government money can buy
it confirms what was presented
the top 1 out of 100 citizens owns more than the combined wealth of the 90 out of 100 citizens
that is an extraordinary disparity
Well that depends on your definition of "don't own much at all in terms of wealth". I earn an average salary, and even I have wealth. I personally know people who earn less than I do, more than I do, and the same as I do who have more wealth and less wealth than I do.
But you said that the top 10% own ALL of the wealth. That is a completely inaccurate and/or ignorant statement.
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Report: Nearly a quarter of all Americans struggle to afford food - Salon.com
Looks like many of our citizens are struggling to get one of the basic needs in this world; food. One of the richest countries in the world, no wait THE richest country in the world, and nearly 25% of our citizens are struggling to get food. [/INDENT]
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