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To: tejek who wrote (742710)	9/30/2013 2:02:54 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578331

>> I understand that you have a hard time wrapping your head around the notion that people need food stamps to survive. Very few, if any.

To: tejek who wrote (742710)	9/30/2013 2:24:21 AM
From: Bilow	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578331

hi tejek; Re: "I understand that you have a hard time wrapping your head around the notion that people need food stamps to survive." The food stamp program was started in 1939. I don't know how to explain it to you but even before 1939 people survived in the United States. There were soup lines and organizations such as churches and communities. Starvation has been rare in the United States since it became independent from Britain. (However, there were problems in the early colonies.) This is a very productive part of the planet and it has been generally kind to humans. I've little doubt that ending government food stamps would leave no more people starving than now starve despite the government program (and there is always going to be someone starving, primarily due to mental illness). -- Carl