[arthurus]

Actually it is worse. People have a hard time seeing it that way because there are no breadlines. Actually there are breadlines and they are much more extensive than they were in the 30s. People now line up at home waiting for their EBT cards to be refilled. We just took the lines off the street.

A big difference economically is that now the breadlines not only feed hordes of poor and "poor" people but they provide the livings for countless bureaucrats at the same time and those bureaucrats are working hard to ensure that the breadlines continue and grow no matter what develops in the economy because those breadlines are their breadlines.

[wrench]

EBT also keeps retail food prices up. Without EBT, demand and prices would drop, and those that actually pay for their food with money they earned would see lower prices.

It is not right that the gov’t is bidding against working consumers for food.

[ForYourChildren]

“People have a hard time seeing it that way because there are no breadlines. Actually there are breadlines and they are much more extensive than they were in the 30s.”

You are correct>

Some people are just so dumb.

One of my friends ask me that a few years ago. “If the economy is so bad and unemployment at the same level as Great Depression, how come I don’t see breadlines?” I was flabbergasted at his stupidity. I pointed out the EBT and welfare programs, and he walked away shaking his head.