The surge in Food Stamps in America

Due to this recession, the number of families getting food stamp is getting worse. Although some people want to restrict this kind of so called “Welfare” but the stories you read says otherwise. It is not that people are in the habit of getting the food stamp, it is just the present situation of economic distress that people are unable to find jobs and thus unable to feed their families, thus the increase in food stamp recipients. I recently read an article stating how the families stay at midnight when their accounts are replenished by food stamp on the first day of the month and then they go to 24 hour super stores to get their monthly food quota from the stores. If you hear their stories, they really want to work, any work for them will do, but they are unable to find work due to various reasons.

To these people food stamps are a lifeline until they get a job (which is by the way getting harder to come back for less educated people). That is why I keep on emphasizing that charity begins at home and we should take care of our folks before we go on having unnecessary adventures abroad. I know we have obligations to other nations in times of calamity, but still if we can just reduce our unnecessary expenses and behave like a financially responsible nation, we may be able to support our less fortunate families here in the United States.