On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim writes: > > IMHO, official statistics on food stamps vastly understate the nature of > the problem (as do official statistics on poverty) for at least two > reason: 1) there are substantial hurdles imposed by the government to > getting food stamps or other forms of aid and many people, although in > need, can't surmount them and 2) good ole American rugged > "individualism" - "I ain't goin' to take no charity, no matter what."
FWIW, I didn't write that, though I agree with it. -- Jim Devine / "Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business." -- Tom Robbins _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
