As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession (the collapse started in mid 2008) it stands to reason that more people would be on aid during Obama's watch, after spending what savings they had. The attack on food aid is disgusting, and a true hallmark of Republican hatred for the non-rich.

olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

Shostie: olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

You don't think that ignoring the looming housing crisis while starting a war fueled spending spree exacerbated the recession? What about tax cuts for the rich that weakened our ability to respond to a financial crisis? It was a long time coming alright, about 8 years.

olddeegee: Shostie: olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

You don't think that ignoring the looming housing crisis while starting a war fueled spending spree exacerbated the recession? What about tax cuts for the rich that weakened our ability to respond to a financial crisis? It was a long time coming alright, about 8 years.

Bush was such an asshole when he repealed Glass-Steagel.

Such a jerk when he signed that trade agreement with China.

I'm not defending Bush, but I'm not willing to blame everything on him, especially since this recession was the result of unsound economic policy spanning decades.

Poor [black] people brought this on themselves and don't deserve to eat. Ever. The are shiftless, lazy, deviants who are morally crippled unlike former Speaker Gingrich who is a model of boot-strappy Americans who marry their HS geometry teacher and milk her until they get out of college and graduate school. He showed his true grit when he dumped her for someone who was more traditional and he really stood up for honest American men everywhere when he chose Callista: a red-blooded American patriot who was willing to serve and serve and serve.

Thank God for Newt Gingrich!

In the first few decades of the 20th century, we painfully moved from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. Millions of people who worked in agriculture found themselves out of work as farming became more efficient with mechanization, better fertilization, and so on. In the late 20th century, we began the painful transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. There are other things that have gone wrong, but I suspect a lot if it has to do with the foundations of our economy evolving. And while policy decisions can cause problems in their own right on top of that, the shift in the economy can't be without problems. Just a thought.

Shostie: olddeegee: Shostie: olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

You don't think that ignoring the looming housing crisis while starting a war fueled spending spree exacerbated the recession? What about tax cuts for the rich that weakened our ability to respond to a financial crisis? It was a long time coming alright, about 8 years.

Bush was such an asshole when he repealed Glass-Steagel.

Such a jerk when he signed that trade agreement with China.

I'm not defending Bush, but I'm not willing to blame everything on him, especially since this recession was the result of unsound economic policy spanning decades.

Nobody's blaming EVERYTHING on him, but to blame Obama for the increase of people who needed food aid is wrong. Although Bush didn't create all of the problems, he did nothing to prevent it.

Nabb1: In the first few decades of the 20th century, we painfully moved from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. Millions of people who worked in agriculture found themselves out of work as farming became more efficient with mechanization, better fertilization, and so on. In the late 20th century, we began the painful transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. There are other things that have gone wrong, but I suspect a lot if it has to do with the foundations of our economy evolving. And while policy decisions can cause problems in their own right on top of that, the shift in the economy can't be without problems. Just a thought.

So eliminate food stamps?

ginandbacon: Nabb1: In the first few decades of the 20th century, we painfully moved from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. Millions of people who worked in agriculture found themselves out of work as farming became more efficient with mechanization, better fertilization, and so on. In the late 20th century, we began the painful transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. There are other things that have gone wrong, but I suspect a lot if it has to do with the foundations of our economy evolving. And while policy decisions can cause problems in their own right on top of that, the shift in the economy can't be without problems. Just a thought.

So eliminate food stamps?

Uh, no?

Nabb1: ginandbacon: Nabb1: In the first few decades of the 20th century, we painfully moved from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. Millions of people who worked in agriculture found themselves out of work as farming became more efficient with mechanization, better fertilization, and so on. In the late 20th century, we began the painful transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. There are other things that have gone wrong, but I suspect a lot if it has to do with the foundations of our economy evolving. And while policy decisions can cause problems in their own right on top of that, the shift in the economy can't be without problems. Just a thought.

So eliminate food stamps?

Uh, no?

Okay, just checking.

There sure was a whole lot of sneer in that article.

Shostie: olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

So both sides are bad you say...

Shostie: olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

So vote Republican?

Someone asked Newt a stupid question and got called on it, so obviously its all Newts fault

It's funny how tacit racism and classism allows individuals to shield themselves from any criticism.

Great_Milenko: Shostie: olddeegee: As Bush and his policies caused the worst of the recession

Nope.

This has been a LONG time in coming. We're looking at at LEAST three decades of gradual change in corporate culture and plenty of wrongdoing to spread around both parties.

Of course, that's why we had explosive economic growth and a balanced budget in the 1990's under the arkansas antichrist.

Yes and it turned out it was a non-sustainable dotcom bubble

Five Things You Probably Don't Know About Food Stamps (new window)

BSABSVR: make me some tea: There sure was a whole lot of sneer in that article.

That can typically be deduced as soon as the Newsbusters logo shows up on the left.

Indeed. I look at their Facebook comments section regularly. I daresay there's even more derp there than Freep.

Obama was hired to clean up Bush's mess. This is not new information.

Nina got facts on foods stamps wrong too, and those facts have been for decades, so I'm not sure how she could make that mistake except for self delusion.
but to be fair, she's probably getting senile in her old age.

Nina: "it doesn't matter that, uh, his suggestion is minorities are the ones who get food stamps, that faarrrr more white people get food stamps...facts don't matter to him. it makes for great, talk.


/newt may have lied. probably did, he's a prick. but she wasn't truthful either.


Participants
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (based on a study of data gathered in Fiscal Year 2010), statistics for the food stamp program are as follows:[13]
49% of all participants are children (17 or younger), and 49% of them live in single-parent households.
15% of all participants are elderly (age 60 or over).
20% of all participants are non-elderly disabled people.
The average gross monthly income per food stamp household is $731; The average net income is $336.
35% of participants are White; 22% are African-American, not Hispanic; 10% are Hispanic; 2% are Asian, 4% are Native American, and 19% are of unknown race or ethnicity.[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Progr am (new window)