Americans More Dependent Than Ever on Independence Day

[CitizenKain]

SNAP needs to be completely overhauled. The foods you can buy with EBT card should be limited to meats, produce and raw ingredients like beans, rice, flour, sugar, large cans of coffee, tea bags.

Nah, why not let people buy the food they want instead? Or is that not enough control over someone else's life for you?

 

[Subyman]

Guy thought of a clever title for the 4th and then mashed out a dumb article so there is some text when people click the link.

 

[Nebor]

Holy shit, I think this is the second meta post I've agreed with you on today.

The rich, who own and operate this country for their own behalf, are not worried about the rabble rioting. The rabble have cell phones on which to play candy crush, post their locations to Facebook/NSA, and swipe left or right to have their genitals carelessly handled by strangers. And if they're at home, they're sitting in front of their idiot box burning neurons by the thousands.

The rich, who own and operate this country for their own behalf, have written the laws and captured the regulators, ensuring that they'll remain wealthy and powerful. And as you've stated, their "Pinkertons" are simply private security officers who are as we speak being writen laws for concealed carry and open carry in the 50 states. CCW and "Stand Your Ground" laws aren't designed to allow some poor member of the rabble to defend his/her home from someone. They are designed to provide civil liability for private security officers hired by the rich who own and operate this country for their own behalf. The second amendment continues to exist because it allows for personal mercenary forces. Especially if shit hits the fan.

Lol wut? Private security can carry guns in every state, even states with CCW or open carry. And they've always been able to. Besides, the "Pinkertons" he was referring to are almost certainly the police/military.

 

[nickqt]

Lol wut? Private security can carry guns in every state, even states with CCW or open carry. And they've always been able to. Besides, the "Pinkertons" he was referring to are almost certainly the police/military.

Stand Your Ground is a law that allows for limited liability, nothing more. Some rabble may use it, but it wasn't written for the benefit of the rabble. Just like every other law.

 

[tracerbullet]

How could he plagiarize and credit his source?

Good question, but it doesn't matter since that's not what happened. If you read the article linked you might have seen that.

What I quoted was not in the article. But they are someone else's words.

 

[HomerJS]

NEW YORK – Three years ago, when 44.7 million – or one in seven Americans – were on food stamps, former House Speaker New Gingrich dubbed Barack Obama the “Food Stamp President.”

Indeed, the cost of the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has doubled under President Obama’s leadership, indicating poverty has continued to grow despite administration claims the U.S. economy is recovering from the depths of the 2007-2008 recession.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/americans-more-dependent-than-ever-on-independence-day/

It should be also noted the US is the biggest debtor country in the world. An Economy which is not—sorry Barack—recovering, an economic system that has still not been reformed or restructured in any fundamental way. As some of us raise the flag alongside the fireworks and barbecues this July 4th, let’s recognize on this independence day that we now live in an age of Interdependence and have to start acting like it.

You do know eligibility for SNAP has not changed under Obama just the number of people who qualify.