[Gabz]

With all the pressure from the staffers and accusations that they are not good parents unless they apply for food stamps and threats that they will lose their children if they are not good parents, why do 1/3 not apply for food stamps?

Uh, maybe they are smart enough to stay out of the clutches of the government?

There have been several times in my life I was eligible for food stamps and other government programs.....thank you, but no thank you.

[Our man in washington]

I'm with you. I've also had times when I could have applied for government help but didn't. My life would be far worse now if I had applied for government help. It was better that I went hungry a few times than it would have been to fall in the trap of dependency.