This was originally going to be a regular newsbite... but what the heck!
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With a record 101 million Americans receiving food aid
from the federal government, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants
more kids to be on the dole for food during the summer months.
* GEEZUS... FRIGGIN'... CHRIST...
* ALMOST A THIRD OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALREADY ON FOOD AID AND OBAMA WANTS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM FURTHER!
“As part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to
healthy food for low income children, USDA has set a goal of serving 5 million
more meals to eligible children this summer,” the agency said on Aug. 1.
* MY... GOD...
* AND I'M ASSUMING NO BENEFIT CUTS WILL BE MADE TO THE
"FAMILY ACCOUNTS" SO AS TO AVOID "DOUBLE PAYOUTS." FOLKS...
THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM!
The agency’s goal amounts to serving 166 million meals
through its Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which already gives subsidies
to 3.5 million children a day during breaks from school.
* SHOULDN'T THE PARENTS BE FEEDING THE CHILDREN...? (YOU
KNOW... THE PARENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING SNAP BENEFITS BASED UPON HOUSEHOLD
SIZE...???)
“The SFSP enriches the lives of millions of low-income
children in communities across the U.S.,” the USDA said. “However, it reaches
far fewer children than the school programs.”
* AND WHY IS THAT...? MIGHT IT BE BECAUSE THE PARENTS
AREN'T FEEDING THEIR CHILDREN EVEN AS THEY RECEIVE TAXPAYER
"BENEFITS" MEANT FOR JUST THAT PURPOSE...? SHOULD THIS NOT BE
CLASSIFIED AS CHILD ABUSE? PERHAPS FRAUD?
Last year, the agency provided 161 million meals,
bringing the goal to 166 million government-subsidized meals served.
* THE AGENCY PROVIDED NOTHING! THE TAXPAYERS PROVIDED
ALL!
* AND SPEAKING OF ALL... WHAT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN BEST
ESTIMATE OF FOOD WASTE VIA THE PROGRAM? (COM'ON, FOLKS... WE'VE ALL BEEN
KIDS... STUDENTS; WE'VE SEEN FOOD OUR PARENTS PAID FOR THROWN AWAY - WHAT DO
YOU SUPPOSE HAPPENS TO A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF "FREE" FOOD?)
One of the ways the government will achieve this aim is
by giving children subsidies on EBT cards.
* OH... MY... GOD...
* AND WHEN THE KIDS TRADE THE VALUE OF THE FOOD FOR GOODS
AND SERVICES...? ("HEY, MR., I'LL BUY YOU $20 WORTH OF FOOD IF YOU BUY ME A PACK
OF CIGARETTES!")
The USDA released an evaluation report on testing “new
methods” to provide food to children in the summer, specifically through the
Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) program. “As part of
its efforts to end child hunger, [the Food and Nutrition Service] FNS is studying
alternative approaches to providing food assistance to children in the summer
months,” the USDA said.
* IN OTHER WORDS... THE USDA IS TRYING TO PISS AWAY AS
MUCH MONEY AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. (AGAIN, FOLKS, NEARLY A THIRD OF THE POPULATION
IS ALREADY ON FOOD AID - aka SNAP AND FREE OR SUBSIDIZED SCHOOL LUNCHES... AND NO DOUBT MEALS ON WHEELS TYPE PROGRAMS.)
As CNSNews.com previously reported, 101 million Americans
receive some sort of food assistance from the federal government at a cost of
$114 billion. Millions of kids receive benefits already, including 32 million
students enrolled in the National School Lunch program; 3.3 million children
provided snacks at day care centers; and 2.3 million children received aid in
July 2011 during summer vacation.
The USDA said it fed “approximately 3.5 million children
on a typical summer day,” providing 161 million meals in 2012. To reach the
goal of 166 million meals, the agency is “redoubling” their efforts.
* FOLKS... SHOULDN'T THE "GOAL" BE TO SPEND
LESS... TO HAVE FEWER CHILDREN AND FEWER FAMILIES DEPENDENT UPON TAXPAYERS WHO
HAVE THEIR OWN SELVES AND FAMILIES (INCLUDING CHILDREN) TO PROVIDE FOR...?
“In order to ensure that no child goes hungry this
summer, USDA and its partners are redoubling their efforts to reach more
eligible low-income children,” the USDA said when first announcing the goal in
June.
* PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR RECONSIDERATION AS TO THE USDA's
MISSION, FUNDING, AND LEADERSHIP. SHOULDN'T ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BE FIRST
AND FOREMOST LOOKING OUT FOR THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF THE TAXPAYERS?
The USDA launched an intensive campaign this summer to
get more children enrolled in its food programs...
* YEP! YOU'RE READING THIS CORRECTLY!
Congress is also on board with the plan, providing $85
million to the USDA to “improve access to food for low-income children in the
summer months when school is not in regular session.”
* OF COURSE CONGRESS IS ON BOARD! CONGRESS IS THE BODY
WHICH HAS CREATED A SITUATION WHERE EACH YEAR FORTY-SOMETHING-CENTS OF EVER
DOLLAR SPENT BY THE FEDREAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE BORROWED AT INTEREST!
* FOLKS... IN INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM!
* NOTE: ORIGINALLY I MISTAKENLY INTERCHANGED FOOD "STAMPS" (SNAP) WITH TOTAL FOOD "AID" - WHICH INCLUDES SNAP. I'VE NOW CORRECTED THE ORIGINAL ERROR IN MY POSTING.
1 comment:
Too much...?
OK... now OBVIOUSLY I was simply "shouting out" my frustration with the "release Maj. Hasan" snark.
No... I realize that all sorts of innocent people stroll the Capital Grounds and roam inside the Capital Building itself. I wasn't ACTUALLY calling for violence - just expressing frustration via "mixing and matching" the two stand-alone posts... the Hasan post and the SNAP post.
And, no... I don't want little children starving... or ANYONE starving... but the present SNAP program is clearly out of control and requires a complete overhaul.
Remember when Bill Clinton (via Newt Gingrich and the then "rebel" GOP "ended welfare as we had known it?"
Well...??? Seems like the welfare state is back with a vengeance!
It also seems as if "the era of big government" is BACK... with BIGGER government than ever!
Folks... we need to get the feds out of welfare and return the "responsibility" to the individual states. As for the individual states... "welfare boards" should be created to oversee welfare programs at the local level... village boards deciding village welfare policies... village citizens deciding who and in what measure DESERVE help.
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