[Harmless Teddy Bear]

One of the bad things that has happened recently is the closing down of Angel Food Ministries. That kept a lot of people who were trying to stretch their money a little further off government programs.

And yes there are a lot of people who are finding it hard to make it. They didn't buy the fancy cars or huge houses but now that they only have half or less of the income they use to have things are tight.

[usconservative]

I was surprised to learn the number of food pantries that 'popped up' over the last year that are not far from where I live.

There are 4 known, open food pantries within a 10-15 minute drive of my house. If I expand that to 15-30 minutes, there are more than 20. As best I could tell by visiting food pantry home pages, most of them sprung up in the last 3 years.

I don't think that's a coincidence by a longshot. I do think much of what's going on in our economy is by design, to bring down our standard of living along with that of much of the rest of the world.

I'm determined to fight that with whatever tools are at my disposal.