Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor

[unhappycamper]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/us/cut-in-food-stamps-forces-hard-choices-on-poor.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor
By KIM SEVERSON and WINNIE HU
Published: November 7, 2013

CHARLESTON, S.C. — For many, a $10 or $20 cut in the monthly food budget would be absorbed with little notice.

But for millions of poor Americans who rely on food stamps, reductions that began this month present awful choices. One gallon of milk for the kids instead of two. No fresh broccoli for dinner or snacks to take to school. Weeks of grits and margarine for breakfast.

And for many, it will mean turning to a food pantry or a soup kitchen by the middle of the month.

“I don’t need a whole lot to eat,” said Leon Simmons, 63, who spends more than half of his monthly $832 Social Security income to rent a room in an East Charleston house. “But this month I know I’m not going to buy any meats.”



unhappycamper comment:

And here are three days of the 57 percenters whining about the five percent budget cuts:

http://breakingdefense.com/2013/11/service-chiefs-take-on-sec-hagels-scmr-study-rosy-assumptions/
- http://www.stripes.com/news/new-restrictions-placed-on-marines-tuition-assistance-program-1.250947
(CNO: Long-Term Sequestration ‘Will Prevent Navy From Executing the DSG’) http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20131108-sequestration.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-defense-cuts-20131107,0,502541.story
(Service Chiefs Warn of Reduced Presence in Asia-Pacific, Smaller Forces) http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20131107-hearing.html
http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20131107/NEWS05/311070025/Odierno-Pentagon-budget-can-t-absorb-more-cuts
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/11/military-chiefs-warn-budget-cuts-could-raise-casualties
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20131107/NEWS/311070040/Amos-Sequestration-costing-Marine-Corps-billions
http://www.stripes.com/news/fewer-troops-less-gear-service-chiefs-lay-out-specifics-of-budget-crunch-1.251660
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/11/05/hagel-says-cuts-to-pay-and-benefits-are-needed.html?comp=7000023467940&rank=2
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/11/07/odierno-says-iraq-a-lesson-for-afghan-withdrawal.html?comp=7000023467962&rank=2
http://breakingdefense.com/2013/11/pressure-snowballs-to-fix-pentagon-buys-kendall-outlines-scrub-of-all-acquistion-laws/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/07/pentagon-weapons-idUSL2N0IS1CC20131107
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/11/military-chiefs-warn-budget-cuts-could-raise-casualties
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20131107/NEWS/311070040/Amos-Sequestration-costing-Marine-Corps-billions
http://www.stripes.com/news/fewer-troops-less-gear-service-chiefs-lay-out-specifics-of-budget-crunch-1.251660
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/11/05/hagel-says-cuts-to-pay-and-benefits-are-needed.html?comp=7000023467940&rank=2
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/11/07/odierno-says-iraq-a-lesson-for-afghan-withdrawal.html?comp=7000023467962&rank=2
http://breakingdefense.com/2013/11/pressure-snowballs-to-fix-pentagon-buys-kendall-outlines-scrub-of-all-acquistion-laws/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/07/pentagon-weapons-idUSL2N0IS1CC20131107


Doncha see? They need the big bucks to get ready for ????????

On a personal level, I would like to see the DoD budget cut by at least 40%.