This Thanksgiving a record 44 million of our fellow citizens require supplemental food aid, Food Stamps. The average allotment is $133 per month per person, which breaks out to about $1.47 per meal. MSNBC reports the average Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings will cost about $50 per person, nearly a twelve day allocation of Food Stamps.
CBS reports that the economic slowdown has caused a spike in the sales of canned Spam. The average price for a can of Spam is $2.62, which equates to about two meals worth of food stamp support.
By way of comparison, The US will spend nearly $700 Billion this year on defense, including the continuing costs for Afghanistan and Iraq. The record spending for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (the SNAP program, informally known as the food stamp program) will be about $78 billion. For those that say that spending at those levels is immoral, I say that America has failed every one of her neighbors when he or she goes to bed hungry on any night. When a a student goes to school with less than adequate nutrition on which to study we fail them and in so doing jeopardize our own future.
Could you live on $1.47 a meal? What would you eat?
Please keep that in mind when you hear that elections are purchased from the gifts of Governement programs. You might also ask what President Obama is doing to help raise those truly in need to a better station in life. When you do, please eliminate any mention of Republicans from the statement you might make and then ask again.
The first step in seeing a better, more honest, and economically vibrant country is to expect it from political leaders in both parties.
Peace, Happy Thanksgiving.
CBS reports that the economic slowdown has caused a spike in the sales of canned Spam. The average price for a can of Spam is $2.62, which equates to about two meals worth of food stamp support.
By way of comparison, The US will spend nearly $700 Billion this year on defense, including the continuing costs for Afghanistan and Iraq. The record spending for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (the SNAP program, informally known as the food stamp program) will be about $78 billion. For those that say that spending at those levels is immoral, I say that America has failed every one of her neighbors when he or she goes to bed hungry on any night. When a a student goes to school with less than adequate nutrition on which to study we fail them and in so doing jeopardize our own future.
Could you live on $1.47 a meal? What would you eat?
Please keep that in mind when you hear that elections are purchased from the gifts of Governement programs. You might also ask what President Obama is doing to help raise those truly in need to a better station in life. When you do, please eliminate any mention of Republicans from the statement you might make and then ask again.
The first step in seeing a better, more honest, and economically vibrant country is to expect it from political leaders in both parties.
Peace, Happy Thanksgiving.
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