As the chart above clearly indicates, the number of affected people has gone from 26 Million to almost 44 Million. Or even scarier, since Obama took office the number of additional Americans with their hands out for food has increased by almost 17 Million. Now that's some kind of leadership!
If the trend continues, and there is no reason for it to abate, this fact alone could lead to increased pressure on an already heavily stressed economy. As more people struggle to provide food for themselves and their families, discretionary spending will continue to drop placing financial burden on already stressed economic sectors - causing further escalation in food stamp program participation and economic shrinkage. A downward spiral to say the least.
One suggestion which should immediately be considered is the ban on food stamps being used in exchange for "fast food." Not only is the food substandard and the long term health consequences dismal, but the nutritional value is prohibitively expensive - especially since someone else is paying for it. Sharky&Sharky believe the time to get out from under the crushing weight of the "golden arches" is long overdue.
UPDATE...CBS SUNDAY MORNING Jan 16 2011:
After a story on how the the famous JFK inaugural speech was written. You know the one that has the quote, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". Well it appears that CBS did a survey and the results are in that confirm the food dependency:
79% of Americans are more interested in what our country can do for them. And only 15% said they were more interested in what they could do for their countrySharky&Sharky ask the lost 6% to join us in the 15% to do the hard work to shorten the handout lines and put America back on the world leadership jetway.
©Sharky&Sharky
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