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Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says
Cross Action News ^ | 11/02/09

Posted on 11/02/2009 12:53:25 PM PST by Victory111

CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.

The estimate comes from an analysis of 30 years of national data, and it bolsters other recent evidence on the pervasiveness of youngsters at economic risk. It suggests that almost everyone knows a family who has received food stamps, or will in the future, said lead author Mark Rank, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: foodstamps
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1 posted on 11/02/2009 12:53:26 PM PST by Victory111
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To: Victory111

I simply cannot believe this story.


2 posted on 11/02/2009 12:55:47 PM PST by mplsconservative
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To: Victory111

The Democrat plan: Make everyone dependant on gubmit handouts.


3 posted on 11/02/2009 12:55:52 PM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: Victory111

There are some schools that give free meals to all students.


4 posted on 11/02/2009 12:56:57 PM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: Victory111

Imperial Rome handed out bread and provided free entertainment ...... so the population would not revolt.


5 posted on 11/02/2009 12:57:01 PM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Victory111

90 percent of black youngsters

90 PERCENT?


6 posted on 11/02/2009 12:57:45 PM PST by jessduntno ("Faux News" to "Foe News"..."they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.")
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To: Victory111
That really high level of poverty? All those kids on food stamps? The really, really sad state of affairs in many minority communities?

It's because of the War on Poverty. That's your root cause, right there.

STOP SUBSIDIZING FAILURE!

7 posted on 11/02/2009 12:58:29 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Victory111

Sounds like those stories you hear about half of marriages end in divorce. Half the marriages end in divorce because of the minority who engage in “serial” marriages, a la Liz Taylor. Probably have kids whose family consistently go on and off food stamps over time making it appear “half” of kids will be on the program.


8 posted on 11/02/2009 1:00:02 PM PST by C19fan
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To: Victory111

This does not surprise me. I was at our polling place recently and all the kids were hispanic talking in Spanish.


9 posted on 11/02/2009 1:00:23 PM PST by lone star annie
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To: mplsconservative

BS...someone is playing loose with the facts.


10 posted on 11/02/2009 1:01:26 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Victory111

I stand in awe of the food stamp program.

I work, my wife works, we have a house and car payments we make; we pay our taxes, we try to do the right thing ....

But I swear, I see food stamp recipients buying better food than we buy for ourselves. Where I buy cheap cuts of meat; I see them loading down with roasts. Where I buy generic soda, I see them buying the big cases of Coke and Pepsi products.

I guess I’m just a racist for complaining. Maybe I should just shut up and get a second job.


11 posted on 11/02/2009 1:01:30 PM PST by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: Victory111

I find this simply impossible to believe. What is the agenda here?


12 posted on 11/02/2009 1:03:13 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: Red Steel
BS...someone is playing loose with the facts.

And the sun sets in the west. I'm so sick of this junk.

13 posted on 11/02/2009 1:03:40 PM PST by mplsconservative
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I have exactly see what you are talking about. I saw some nicely dressed lady yaking away on a nice cell phone buying expensive food with food stamps then driving away in a $30K car.


14 posted on 11/02/2009 1:04:04 PM PST by C19fan
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To: Victory111

I don’t believe this at all!


15 posted on 11/02/2009 1:04:27 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Victory111
This is asinine!
16 posted on 11/02/2009 1:07:47 PM PST by charles1252
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To: mplsconservative

There is no asset test anymore. Not surprising the outcome as a result of the 2008 Farm Bill. Basically, if you don’t have a medium-up income, you are eligible. Adults will generally have seek-work requirements.


17 posted on 11/02/2009 1:08:08 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: C19fan
I have exactly see what you are talking about. I saw some nicely dressed lady yaking away on a nice cell phone buying expensive food with food stamps then driving away in a $30K car.

Seen the same thing too, except these moochers drove off in an SUV.

18 posted on 11/02/2009 1:08:22 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: C19fan
Kids of Divorce may actually have more.

The state likes to rape fathers to give to the mothers. So I wouldn't be surprised to see more adult men on food stamps because of divorce. But not kids.

But I did see this coming. I told my brother last week that half the country would be on welfare before Obama is done. The attack on business is filtering down to the kids.

So be it.

19 posted on 11/02/2009 1:10:08 PM PST by PA-RIVER (Don't blame me. I voted for the American guy.)
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To: Victory111

My retired deaf uncle was struggling to get by on his Social Security. We applied for him to get food stamps. He was turned down.


20 posted on 11/02/2009 1:10:58 PM PST by oyez ( damnant quod non intelligunt)
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