If the food stamp programs where suddenly terminated, I doubt starvation would increase overall. It would increase in certain portions of the elderly community and amongst single women with smallest children. Teens and adults won't starve, they will resort to other means. Begging, borrowing, or stealing will no doubt increase. Sitting around starving to death goes against human evolution. The real consequence of terminating food stamps will probably not be starvation.
I fail to see how this is an improvement.
Do we really want more begging, borrowing, and stealing? Furthermore, the time spent begging and stealing could have been used working. Even if it's at Walmart. But that's okay, as long as CEOs are making record profits (and paying less and less in taxes) and oil companies keep their subsidies (because heaven knows what they'd do without them!).
Should those on food stamps be allowed cell phones and cable TV and other various non-essentials?
Oftentimes, cell phones are cheaper than regular phones and their absurd plans. Also, what are non-essentials? Who gets to decide?
You cannot continue to rant about deficits while taking out all your frustration on poor and old people. That's the point. If you nutcakes want to get serious about erasing deficits, then you need to get off your Reagan like fantasy island and raise taxes., eliminate subsidies and handouts, and slash military spending (as Clinton did).
Until then, stop talking.
The class warfare is alive and well. With CEOs, wall street, rich media members, and big oil attacking teachers, poor people, and old people. I'm still waiting for all the jobs to be created by your voo doo trickle down economics. When are the Bush tax cuts going to have any positive effect again? We're all ears!
