1 in 6 Kids in the U.S. are Hungry?

[Soothsayer]

Some of you are being rather flippant about this issue. I taught school for 13 years and I guarantee that more than 17% of my students went without meals on a regular basis. Many would not eat over the weekend or at night (no free school lunches on the weekend) or much of the summer months. Many of them have worthless druggie parents; some have parents who were making the best of it. Either way, it's not the kids' fault.

 

[inactive]

I love Ozarks people. They are tough as hell. I fully plan on retiring there.

Ozark People
"Tough as Hell"

I could see that as some sort of marketing campaign, or even a bad tattoo.


That's kind of a joke, but kind of serious as I know exactly what you mean. It's one of this deal that's sad they are so tough, because their life necessitates it.

 

[RickN]

This is a pretty obvious problem, but what are ya going to do with all the ner-do-wells, to get the supplies to those that NEED them?

Dump them from the system.

 

[Vamoose]

Some of you are being rather flippant about this issue.

It's the easy way out.

 

[twoguns?]

Dump them from the system.

Same question.
The answer is in the How?
WPA, drug tests all around ,make them responsible, just drop them?
The Zombie Apocalypse would be nothing compared to....Welfare Apocalypse

 

[yukonjack]

Why don't they just eat Big Bird???

 

[p238shooter]

A couple of years ago I heard that over 50% of the students at the Wagoner, OK elementary school were on the free breakfast lunch program. We have to find a way to provide jobs for these single moms with 7 kids to make a living while other single moms run a daycare for them so they can work and be productive to support their children like I had to do. DNA testing for finding the suspected Fathers might be an asset also. If you are a single mom and are not getting help from the father, something is wrong. I am a taxpayer, I did not have the fun proceeding being the father. Why do I have to pay the child support? Something is wrong here. There are people who need legitimate help, but this is ridiculousness.

 

[justanotherpatriot]

I reserve the right to limit my compassion to individuals/families that I personally come in contact with and/or CHOOSE to assist and in the manner and means that I feel best suites the situation.

Any other discussion is academic at best and guilt assuaging at worst or just another ruse/guilt trip to try to twist arms into another tax designed to "help" someone/some cause that will only be fractional/marginally successful in its purported goals.

 

[RickN]

Same question.
The answer is in the How?
WPA, drug tests all around ,make them responsible, just drop them?
The Zombie Apocalypse would be nothing compared to....Welfare Apocalypse

Start by hiring enough enforcement, inspector types to do a lot more unannounced in-home visits. That is one major problem the government has, they pass all these laws and have lots of paper shufflers but never enough people going out and actually checking things out.

 

[orangeRcode]

I have three who never go hungry.

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