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To: Ilaine who wrote (33895)	11/5/2000 12:01:18 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

>>Well, actually you presented me with the fact that the first time an attempt was made to cross-reference military IDs and food stamp recipients was when Clinton was president, not when Bush was president, so who knows what was going on when Bush was president?<< No, CB. I pointed out that there were 11,900 receiving Food Stamps as of 1995 which was only two years after Clinton took office. I then asked you if you thought that state of affairs suddenly developed in a TWO YEAR period. >>Nevertheless, you conclude that the process must have taken place during Bush's administration because you like Clinton. So I conclude that you are so biased in favor of Clinton that you leap to conclusions.<< If you can't be intellectually honest about the facts and the situation don't try to squirm out of the discussion by resorting that it is colored by who I "like." Anyone can plainly see that this didn't happen over a two year period. Perhaps you conveniently overlooked this quote in the article: "It's not something that's just become true in the last year or so. ... What's different now is that more soldiers are married and have families than in the past," Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon told reporters Tuesday." Not to mention that it is stated in the article that Congress and the Pentagon have known about this for years. What I find silly is that you want a free license to rant and then call other people silly when the argument goes against you. But, I guess that's your only defense when you haven't done your homework. ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>In 1995 the Pentagon matched Social Security numbers for military service members with Department of Agriculture food stamp records in five states over a three-month period. That search produced 3,618 matches, including 41 officers, or about 0.8 percent of the military population in those states. Those numbers were then extrapolated to reach the estimate of 11,900 for the 1.5 million people in the entire military.<<< Now read that again--In 1995--so that was two years after Clinton took office and there were already an estimated 11,900 military. Do you think that happened over the course of two years? Now in 2000 there are an estimated 13,000 +/-. If anything it has leveled off under Clinton... Message 14729872