DEPRESSION- ERA FOOD LINES

MRC ^ | Friday, January 10, 2003 11:45:52 AM | BrentBaker

[fight_truth_decay]

If one is lucky enough to live where there is room for a garden..you have the vegetable food group conquered. I believe the President was also allotting 3 grand to those out of work if they needed education,moving expenses,child care etc., while job hunting...find work and the rest is money for an emergency fund.

[riri]

50 cents on the dollar, for cash which can then be spent on booze, drugs

I used to have a boyfriend that was a contractor. frequently they would get contracts to work in the inner city, rehabbing section 8 housing. ALL THE TIME, the guys would trade money for food stamps. Usually fifty cents on the dollar.

[vidbizz]

Given that the Media says we are all overweight & eating too much, a food line with hungry people should be a positive thing. No?

[riri]

This is especially true for those that are old enough to have 12-year-old children

Especially nowdays, most people with 12 year old kids are, like, 52. (grin)

[dasein64]

No reporter should be able to get by with reporting on the poor without citing the other benefits they are already getting from the government. HUD, food stamps, wic, health care, all of the programs for children which include breakfast and lunch at school. I know parents who bought DVD's and every conveivable new gadget on the market who are on food stamps, wick, and made the rounds of Christmas handouts for their children's gifts. Food stamps are bartered for money or whatever. This is not just one family, it has been going on for years. There is a culture of aid receipents who exchange information with each other as to what is available for any given circumstance. It is a mentality that has absolutely no shame in living off others labors. They will tell you it is government money and hence their entitlement and the govt is too rich to keep all that money. Facts and logic have no place in their world. If push comes to shove, they will become depressed and ill with the latest ailment to qualify for disability. You cannot win with these people and the RAT exploitation of their mostly self-induced plight.

[fight_truth_decay]

The fact is, if you announce free anything, people will line up for it whether they need it or not. That's human nature, and it doesn't matter what it is.

Winona Rider thought so ;).

[F.J. Mitchell]

All those films of bread lines during the great depression were black and white for one thing, not in living color.

The people in the lines were genuinely hungry, ragged and soul weary from looking for honest work of any kind, at any wage. They weren't calling themselves hungry because they couldn't afford what they wanted to eat, they didn't have anything to eat. There weren't signs in restraunts and other businesses all over the country that read,"Now hiring", and no takers, as there are today.

Most of the tales of a bad economy and bread lines is a fairy tale invented by the liberal demoncrats and blown out of proportion by their abetting, liberal media.

Before you put too much trust in sixty minutes II, remember their so-called expose of Food Lion and that Chevy pick up truck -why should we believe them now?

[fight_truth_decay]

What are the food stamp work requirements and who must comply with them? (State of Maine)

Even if your income and assets are low enough to be eligible, you may have to register for work to get food stamps. You may also have to participate in an education and training program. You may also be penalized if you quit a job or refuse to take a job that the food stamp office finds for you.

You are not required to meet these requirements if:

Ø you live in an area with high unemployment (DHS decides which areas these are);

Ø you are under 16, or are 16 or 17 and not the head of a household;

Ø you are 60 or over;

Ø you have a physical or mental problem that makes you unable to work;

Ø you are caring for a child under 6;

Ø you are caring for a child 6 or over or an adult who needs help taking care of him or herself;

Ø you are already working 30 hours a week or are earning at least $154.50 (gross) per week;

Ø you are a migrant or seasonal farmworker and will begin work in 30 days;

Ø you are getting unemployment compensation or TANF; or

Ø you are a student enrolled at least half time in any school, training program or college and otherwise qualify for food stamps.


In addition, you do not have to take a job if it pays less than the minimum wage; subjects you to health or safety problems; you can’t get there because of transportation problems; there is a strike or lockout at the job; you would be required to join or quit a union; or the work violates your religious beliefs. You also do not have to take a job that is not the kind of work you have done before, if you have been registered for work with the program for less than 31 days.

[snowstorm12]

Yeah it's Bushs fault and the taxpayers fault that these people wipe out all their food from food stamps in one week because they want to live an overweight lifestyle. It's our fault they have huge appetites. I'm tearing up over here.

In fact shut down the food stamp program and get back to the government cheese program. One crate of food to last the whole month per person of the cheapest stuff available. All the food groups represented and the crate contents approved of by the top nutritionist in the country. They'll find jobs real quick so they can get back to their bennigans or tgi fridays lifestlye. Plus with the daily caloric drop to normal ranges they should lose weight at the same time cutting down on health care costs. Killing 2 birds with one stone.

[Jonathon Spectre]

This will make you see red ping.

[LaineyDee]

The difference between now and depression era is that back then it was shameful to take charity.

I have to agree. My Mom said her Father washed windows for 50 cents a day during the depression. That was the only work available for him...and there were 8 kids at home. Each child over the age of 8 was sent out to do "something" to help put food on the table......whether it be selling papers, cleaning yards, whatever. The whole family pitched in. Can you imagine that now? Most parents can't get their kids to be responsible enough to clean their rooms.....and then they want to be paid for it.