Well said Joan of the Arch, just what I was thinking about the journalistic twisting of the knife! Maybe if we spread a little cheap ketchup on there it'll look like she's really bleeding! Bahh!!!
Starving? Hardly. Malnourished? Maybe! For $280.00 a month a person could eat fast-food for every meal and have money left over. Granted you might have to buy off the dollar menu and drink water with the meal, but shoot, so do I if I want to feed my family that stuff. (Yes, I know, we're talking food stamps here, not a cash voucher.)
What color she is doesn't matter. What matters is that we have a support system in place. What matters is that we don't have people abusing the system. I don't think this lady was - it would appear that she's trying to improve her lot in life by getting schooling. She may need help with her nutritional choices and dollar stretching methods.
The one issue that needs more air time is the food deserts. She may not be in one, but many are!
Last edited by LuxLiving : 05-22-2008 at 11:29 AM.
|