Wrong Was to Cut Spending

As of Friday, December 7, 2012

This is the time of year when many of us think about those in our community who struggle with having enough food to eat.

We may donate time or money to food banks, churches and other community groups to ease the hardship of our fellow neighbors.

Recent polling data from the Food Research & Action Center (frac.org) reveal that 81 percent of individuals polled believe that low-income families and children not being able to afford enough to eat is a serious problem in our country.

The majority of those polled also recognize that lack of nutritious food impacts physical and mental health, job performance, schoolwork, physical development of infants and toddlers, and the ability of seniors to live longer.

At the forefront of addressing food hardship in the United States is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program), which helps 46 million people put food on the table each month. Congress is currently considering cuts to SNAP.

At a time when 46.2 million people live in poverty in the United States, it is little surprise that 71 to 75 percent of those polled in the FRAC study view cuts to SNAP as the wrong way to reduce federal spending.

Funding for SNAP and other programs that help low-income households is a good investment for improving learning and productivity and keeping health costs down.

April Morgan

NC Association of Feeding America Food Banks

Raleigh

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The_AnonymusProfit 5 months, 1 week ago

Or we could realize that government regulation on everything has taken away our ability to be self sustaining.

fugitiveguy 5 months, 1 week ago

Based on the wording of the headline I thought Yoda had penned this article.

native 5 months, 1 week ago

If you can,t feed them, don,t have them..

clarabelle 5 months, 1 week ago

"wdd101st - Just think, 200 families could be given $20,000 from the $4 million being spent on Obama's 17th vacation."

damn - i'll bet your panties are still chaffed after O's re-election.......

If I were you - I would use plenty of baby powder !

JD 5 months, 1 week ago

Is there a 'Y' missing from the title?

njc17 5 months, 1 week ago

OK, first, who's fault is it when you say many don't have ?enough? food to eat? how much is enough and who determines it? and then who doesn't have enough food to eat? Most communities I know of have food banks, the Sandhills has two, I believe, so what seems to be the problem there? and secondly nutrition, are you saying food banks have supplies with little nutrition? and then I would ask who determines nutritional requirements besides Michelle Obama who is NOT a nutritionist to begin with, and since when does she gain that much power? thirdly there is the option of food stamps which this president has so graciously extended and enlarged the FS program, NOBODY should be going hungary. I am not sure where this author wants to draw the line. Does she think the Obama line of leveling the playing field, wherein if I buy the Holiday turkey then everybody should be entitled to the holiday turkey? on my dime?

skylinefirepest 5 months, 1 week ago

NJC...I think that's what she's trying to say. It is a liberal dream for them to take money from approximately half the people in the U.S. and give it to the other half. It is a disgrace to us all that we have so many people on welfare and food stamps. I'll bet that if a closer look was given that there's only a few that are really needy. The rest are feeding at the public trough and should be ashamed of themselves.

njc17 5 months, 1 week ago

Somebody get this person a new diaper. When costs get too high and products can no longer compete, manufacturers go over seas. Republicans had no issue with manufacturing in the sandhills, it was lack of PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO WORK, all they wanted to do is collect welfare. No labor force, no product. You want to blame somebod,y blame yourself.

skylinefirepest 5 months, 1 week ago

Westside you have let your motor mouth get you in trouble again. It is a national disgrace that almost fifty percent of the people in this once great country are on welfare and food stamps. Until recent administration hooliganism, this country held the promise of the American dream where you could work and advance, own your own home, and support your family. Now we have decided to pursue class warfare and blame our lack of jobs, industry, small business, etc. on the nasty rich. We have put regulations and healthcare and other barriers in front of our ability to produce and compete with the rest of the world and it's killing us. How long can we borrow forty seven cents of every dollar we spend, provide food stamps for millions, have more millions on welfare, and many millions on two years of unemployment??? To put it bluntly the country has gone to crap and may not survive many more years....way too many people willing to feed at the public trough instead of finding a job, or starting a business and looking after themselves.

njc17 5 months, 1 week ago

SPUWS: I KNOW whereof I speak. What business there is in the Sandhills much of the staffing is from Lee County, Hoke County, Richmond County and Montgomery County. I have found a lack of available and willing workforce on Moore. Many businesses looking to relocate bypass Moore because of the lack of qualified or at least willing workers. Are you one of them?