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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:05 PM Original message |
U.S. Food-Stamp Use Reaches Record 45.8 Million, USDA Says |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. ..and what happens to these people when the Repukes cut off all food stamps? |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Do you have to ask? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Maybe, but I'm skeptical. Most of us are law abiding to a fault. |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Ditto.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ugh. Something has gone terribly wrong indeed. |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The worst thing is |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes, that is a travesty. |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well you know |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Who wouldn't want to get out of the house, what with kids whining all day about being hungry. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Huh? I thought the free market would pay a livable wage! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. It does. If you live in another country. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. That chart can be misleading, if you do not place some things n context. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cadillac sales are up. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Free fake IDs straight out the trunk! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. If they're made in the U.S., I'll take it. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Our government thinks |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. It's like unrecc'ing an OP at DU because you don't like what the news story says. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. The 30.5% number excludes the military, prison, and student populations. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Keep shipping those jobs overseas and watch this graph grow n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Obama has just pushed 3 new trade agreements, started by Bush -- !!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. 66 million impoverished Americans ... Does anyone in government care??? Hello, Obama/Congress??? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. That is what happens when you let the 1% play social engineers. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. This is what you get when those the 99% pay to do social engineering really work for the 1%. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. "Texas had the most food-stamp recipients in August, at 4.12 million..." |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. I know quite a few people with tens of thousands of dollars in the bank who receive food stamps. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Your last paragraph is very insightful. I never thought about it like that, but |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. The multi billion dollar severance packages for corporate whore continue as millions of families |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Fucking freeloaders. Get a job. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. There is no excuse for this. |
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