More babies, young kids going hungry in US (Blame Dubya's proposed cuts in welfare aid)

Yahoo News ^ | 6/11/05

[EDINVA]

there are no supermarkets to buy even canned vegetables, but there ARE McDonalds?

[listenhillary]

Both posts- very good points

[dufekin]

Well, it is true that some American communities, particularly in extremely remote areas (e.g., Inuit villages in Alaska) during the winter lack any access to green vegetation. Then again, the Inuit diet traditionally does not emphasize such foods, and the Inuit have survived in the Arctic for millenia.

Getting fresh fruit and vegetables at a reasonable price and in good condition can be difficult in the Northern winter too. But there aren't too many places where you can't get canned (or frozen) vegetables or even fresh potatoes. The areas without supermarkets generally lie in rather remotely rural areas, where residents must prepare properly for a long winter of blizzards and/or take up cross-country skiing to ensure an adequate food supply.

Inner-city residents can take inexpensive public transportation to a supermarket if none exists in their neighborhood. Perhaps doing so will increase their exposure to roving criminal gangs (which explains why these neighborhoods lack supermarkets, an attractive target for robbers and other thugs).

[hineybona]

AHahahah funny one bro
Yea , right no supermarkets..where the hell might that be..What a bullsh*t article that is.

[Gritty]

These "nincompoops" do not need the criminal prosecution. They need some basic compulsory training

They didn't seem to need any training to get pregnant.

The problem is not "training" or lack thereof. It's the fact they are irresponsible louts, at best!

[Condor51]

"Some pediatricians worry that cuts in welfare aid proposed in President George W. Bush's 2006 budget will only exacerbate the situation. By contrast Bush plans to keep tax cuts for more affluent sectors of the population, they note.

1. Define "some"
   
2. There isn't any "cut" in welfare. The increase just wasn't what the fat a$$hole Sen Kennedy and his commie ilk wanted
   
3. The Tax Cuts For The 'Rich' is utter bullsh*t. Dubya's tax cuts and plans removed more lower income people, aka 'POOR FOLK', from the tax rolls than any other tax plan in US history.

"In the working class port city of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Maureen Black, a pediatrician, sees numbers of underweight babies in her clinic specialized in infant malnutrition located in one of the poorer areas."

Okay pinhead, oops 'Doctor', first of all welfare is still good for three years so 'mom' should be getting Gubmint Money and as such there shouldn't BE any underweight babies. Unless of course you're talking about kid number seven or eight and 'mom' refuses to get a job. Or......

1. 'Daddy' is in PRISON and doesn't support his kids. Or......
   
2. Mommy is a crack whore or heroin addict and spends all 'her' money on dope. And......
   
3. When 'mommy' is not ... ahem... 'working', she's laying in bed higher than a freaking kite!

Now as to there not being a supermarket or grocery store in the 'hood', well Doc - there used to be but the residents kept robbing it and then they burned the frigging thing down! And if you're so concerned why don't YOU open one up.

So Bite ME.

[You Dirty Rats]

there are no supermarkets to buy even canned vegetables, but there ARE McDonalds?

McDonald's has fruit and salads.

This article is just red tofu for the hate-Bush crowd. It's such a work of total fiction that it's actually funny.

[hineybona]

I love it
official figures OFFICIAL..Not just ANY figures but THE OFFICIAL FIGURES....and that official is who may I ask ?
Thats like the NY Times age old bullcrap "an OFFICIAL SAID.."
an official can be the head custodian ..( actually the times did in fact use the head janitor at a NYC college as an official's quote in an article about school policy )
The entire article is propaganda !

[rconawa]

I just read a report on a study done in California that stated we are the "most overfed and under-nourished" people in the world.

[Darnright]

>In some areas, green vegetables and fruit are impossible to buy -- even in a can, because there may be no supermarket. Moreover, such items are costly.<

My friends live in a rural area of the state, where one has to drive 40 minutes or so to the supermarket. The local gas station-store has more food than do city types, and wonder of wonders, most people have gardens. Therefore, the veggies they have are better than the ones found in some Safeways.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Why is it that illegal aliens manage to feed themselves but some American citizens are unable?"

Actually, I suspect the problem IS pregnant and "post pregnant" illegals who are afraid the apply for WIC and food stamps due to their "immigrant" status. They still end up taking the babies to US hospitals (on the taxpayers tab, of course), so the number of "malnourished" infants recorded statistically DOES increase.

[fatnotlazy]

Some children in the United States occasionally look like the malnourished children we see in some parts of Africa, however, welfare programs targeting society's poorest ensures that problem is generally avoided, the pediatricians say.


Paradoxically, malnutrition is not always due to lack of food -- rather to the quality of the food being consumed.

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The part that cracks me up about all this is -- for some time now, I've been hearing about how obese our children are. If they are obese, then any malnourishment is not due to lack of food -- but rather to the food the kids are eating.

Could it be, maybe, just maybe, the problem is not a lack of food, but rather, the kids are not being compelled to eat the right things and/or the parents are too damm lazy to provide their children with the food they are supposed to eat?

Nah...that wouldn't fit in with the liberal socialist agenda of the article and most of the participants described herein.

[hineybona]

Well said and oh so true..good post buddy..

[moonman]

I agree. Funny how you explained it. LOL

[Dallas59]

[Vaduz]

FREE FOOD STAMPS,FREE HOUSING,FREE MEDICAL now go back to work someone has to pay for the FREE ride.

[Condor51]

Thnak you.
Leftist propaganda like this piece of tripe gets me boiling.

[anniegetyourgun]

Good catch.

And, how ever will I square this with the claims of American kids being obese?

[The Electrician]

In other articles that I have seen, the author of this article, Stan Honda of AFP, frequently paints Republicans as being extremists and villains, and so it should come as no surprise that he also attempts to demonize President Bush in this one. Honda usually tries to mask his disdain for Republicans by trying to appear "balanced", although a careful reading of his works shows just the opposite. However the bias in the writing of this particular article comes across as uncharacteristically childish and heavy-handed.

[Soliton]

Dr. Black is in Maryland. I went through the eligibility test for an 18 year old and a one year old with no income to see what was available. This was the result:

Based on the information you provided, You MAY BE eligible for the following Program(s).
o FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
o MARYLAND ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
o TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
o MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM


Based on the information you provided, You MAY NOT BE eligible for the following Program(s).
o ELECTRIC UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM
o PURCHASE OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM