Cut pensions. Cut pay. Layoff people for the almighty deficit-reduction obsession. And who cares if: Growth in the food stamp program continued in the U.S. — with 27 states providing benefits to at least 1 in 7 people. The number of food stamp recipients increased 0.1% in April, the most recent month available, compared […]
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Starvation But, Heck, Bring On The Austerity
Posted on 02 July 2011.
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The Greatest National Security Threat
Posted on 30 December 2009.
…is that one in four children in the United States of America–the wealthiest country in human history–are on food stamps.
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All Suffering Is Not Equal
Posted on 16 December 2009.
To understand how out of touch some of the people at the helm of large businesses are, consider the following contrast today. First, the nation’s ranks of unemployed–which have been swelled by the irresponsible behavior of, if I may quote the president, "fat-cat bankers"–are in dire straights: More than half of the nation’s unemployed […]
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Hunger, Dubai and Shopping: The Links
Posted on 01 December 2009.
I think it is always useful to see the threads connecting what might seem to be things that happen independently. The big picture is this: we live in a dysfunctional economic system which has created the greatest divide between rich and poor in a hundred years–and that is a global point. Here, for your consideration, […]
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