America's Financial Priorities

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America's Financial Priorities
(posted with permission from http://sane-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/01/americas-financial-priorities.html )

While the U.S. spends trillions of dollars to wage wars and build weapons, 1 of every 8 Americans is on food stamps. Even worse, 1 in every 4 children is on food stamps.

Often these children are on food stamps because their parents can't find work, for jobs are scare. In many cases their living conditions are desperate and foods stamps are but one sign of that desperation. And the number of families living in these dire circumstances is skyrocketing.

Are these the priorities of a compassionate nation? Aren't we a better people than this?

"Change" begins not from the promises of a politician but from you and me raising our voices for reason and compassion. And as we look at America, it is long past time for change.

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1. NYT: Living on Nothing but Food Stamps

I just read this related thread here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7380943&mesg_id=7380943