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If We Cannot See Bread Lines, Do They Exist?
The Liberator
This story makes an for an excellent point. Just because we are not seeing bread lines scattered all over this Country, does that therefore mean we do not have the equivalent or a similar problem going on? They couldn’t feed people in the depression the way they can feed people now, by just clicking some buttons and off it goes now, then they’re all good to go, we’re talking bread lines all over the Countries worth of people.There are almost 45 million people on food stamps right now, that’s a lot of scattered bread lines worth of people. People these days no longer have that burden to wait in line and that visibility to the public eye of standing in lines, Bread lines, there’s no such thing anymore because it’s going on quietly unnoticed! People now instead, simply digitally collect, and it’s off to the supermarkets for dinner.
Modern Survival Blog
Unlike during the Great Depression of the 1930’s when food lines were clearly visible, today since we don’t see food-soup-bread lines, do they not exist? If the problem is hidden from view, is it no longer a problem? If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, does it still make a sound?
Today’s equivalent of food lines are indeed hidden from view and public perception, and therefore it’s as though the underlying problem does not exist. Similar to how other ‘negative’ economic news is hidden, disguised, or not spoken of – the fact is that the problems do exist, and they’re pretty bad…
Food Stamp Cards – EBT Cards
Although the following data was collected a few years ago, the numbers are likely worse today.
44.5 Million people are on Food Stamps in America, which is equivalent to 14,588 participants for each and every Walmart Super Center in the US! The program is called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). To remove the stigma of food stamps, the EBT card was created and is used the same way as a credit card.
While there is no doubt that this program helps lots of people and while there is certainly abuse in the system, the sheer numbers indicate the magnitude of the problem – which is just one of many that are hidden from view in today’s America.
