Posted on 10/19/2007 6:17:22 PM PDT by festus
Most of the lard asses I see can afford to cut back a little bit—and that includes their obese (yet “hungry”) offspring. Of course, instead of shopping for nutritious food, they will shop for the cheap crap at the Dollar store. Of course, they will still find a way to buy lottery tickets and cigarettes at $7 a pack (thanks to Liberals).
Remember, according to Jane Fonda: “Poor people are poor because nuclear power plants are polluting the air.”
I called the local Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse this afternoon to see if I could get a reservation for a table of four, they had nothing before 9:30 PM either tonight or tomorrow. Maybe these economic geniuses at AP could explain this phenomenon.
True, but Bush was widely accused by Democrats and the MSM of "talking down the economy" while running for president in 2000. So, it was really his fault, even though Clinton was in office.
well festus, I won’t take it sentence by sentence for you, just the first one
“The calculus of living paycheck to paycheck in America is getting harder.”
if you don’t realize that many people are exactly living that way, you must be miles out of touch
I personally know many, the odd thing is, none of them are liberals either
Try going during the week and see if it's still booked.
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“While economists debate whether the country is headed for a recession, some say the financial stress is already the worst since the last downturn at the start of this decade.”
This author needs a history lesson on “tough times.” Check back to the Carter years. Yeesh!
The welfare bureaucracy feeds off the subsidization of a "hunger clientele." As many have observed, if you want more of something, including food stamp applicants and free lunch eaters, subsidize them and advertise for them. They will for sure show up. That's why this crap is laughable.
Walmart’s retail analysts have a better finger on the health of America’s economy than all of the overpaid Wall Street economists combined. I think a recession hits next year when the housing bubble slam really take effect and $100-$125 oil plus the spring gas switchover gives us $4 gas. It’s going to be on the news every night all summer and fall before the election.
That being said, all of these people live in very expensive urban areas and either rely on the government or are stuck in underpaying jobs by their own actions.
Peanut butter and pasta aint so bad. Go to North Korea where they eat dead pets and bark, or to Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe or Somalia where they have very little food and a lot of fighting genocide see if you have it tough.
It is tough if you can’t add.
Yep, it’s tough living paycheck to paycheck. I mean there is the plasma TV payment, the cable bill, the cell phone bills, the payments on two cars....etc.....
Yeah, That kinda happens when you keep raising taxes over and over and over and over and over and..................... well you get the picture.
Yup, that's what happens. I wonder what the solution could be?
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See Post #26. We posted at the exact same time, with the exact same sentiments. :)
The other day I was driving by one our churches and there was a HUGE line around the building- I have to guess 200 people at least. It was food pantry day. I have never seen that many people lined up before. We just a free clinic in town now, one day a month. They are turning people away the crowds are so large. The busiest store in town is Goodwill. I live in a small town- 12,000 people, and it has decent employment, but prices are going up and salaries just aren’t here. Things are getting tough-that’s no joke. I don’t have much money either- but I know how to spend it well- I won’t have to skip breakfast to feed my kid.
I think that every leftist who thinks government should do something about this should be forced to adopt a family and support them for life.
“I don’t see any reason for laughing here”
The other day I was driving by one our churches and there was a HUGE line around the building- I have to guess 200 people at least. It was food pantry day. I have never seen that many people lined up before. We just got a free clinic in town , one day a month. They are turning people away, the crowds are so large. The busiest store in town is Goodwill. I live in a small town- 12,000 people, and it has decent employment, but prices are going up and salaries just aren’t here. Things are getting tough-that’s no joke. I don’t have much money either- but I know how to spend it well- I won’t have to skip breakfast to feed my kid.
I know a lot of those folks too. Funny thing, they were living the same way in the 90's.
Yeah, no doubt there are thousands who fit the profile. Out of 300 million. But I am sure you know all of them.
I shop for food just like everyone else. The prices are not rising much, if at all, if you shop intelligently. One big problem is that chronically poor people tend to be dull-witted, and make stupid purchasing decisions
“No competent adult needs to go hungry today in the USA, nor their children.”
Tell that to the ones that are, I’m sure they’ll appreciate your “compassion”. By the way, food isn’t dirt cheap and hasn’t been since I was a tiny child. This isn’t scare mongering, I see this in my town everyday. And it isn’t the obese, food stamp people. That’s a straw man that’s no longer valid.
Who the hell buys their groceries at 7-11? They jack the prices up like crazy! Store brand items are what I stock up with when I can. I’ve found that the Walmart Grocery Stores are the cheapest.
Quick quiz: What word is missing from this article on financial hardships for the working poor?
Three letters, beginning with “t” and ending with “x.”
Somehow the bleeding hearts of the people who write stories like this stop bleeding when it comes to the tremendous burden that local, state, and federal taxes put on the working poor, EITC or no EITC.
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