Food Stamp Usage Soars Among Working Families

i volunteer @ a local soup kitchen whenever possible.

let me tell you who i see showing up:

children
elderly
retired (on limited income)
disabled
white
hispanic
black
asian
university students
unemployed
homeless
single income family folks - who cannot afford 3 meals a day
people facing financial difficulty (due to large medical bills)

the point is - before we start pointing fingers and judging or blaming ... let us understand that people from all walks of life are struggling & in need. this is America where we have an overabundance of food ... there is no reason why a child, a senior, a student, a mother, etc. should ever go hungry.

ten people who could be given the same opportunity will not respond to that opportunity equally. and let's be honest - opportunity is not equal in our country. and at our very core, we are varied as the colors of the rainbow; therefore, our response to life will be high individualized -- sometimes perfect; at other times, imperfect.

while people write eloquently about the ought to's and wait for idyllic selflessness to change our society, we cannot ignore the reality of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots.

i continue to say: this is America - we can do better. we are individuals, indivisible by our desire to create a more perfect union -- not individualism that creates a wide chasm that leaves our middle class hanging off of a cliff.

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