I've been yelling that for a while now... and the number of employed people is crazy low too.... A does not equal A here. BUT the pigs and sheep gobble up these stats and believe them like tomorrow's not coming.

Collectivists think that welfare is a normal part of an "economy". They _want_ an economy of redistribution. They don't think that massive use of government entitlements are a sign of a poor economy at all.

The economy is hollow. Good indicators are mere window dressing or temporary fixes. Long term it is unsustainable. TANSTAAFL. No system, man-made or otherwise, can violate the laws of physics.

The stigma of food stamps, those obvious indicators of claiming to be poor, is gone. The EBT card looks just like any other credit or debit card. The days of seeing the food stamp person getting into her late-model Mercedes are gone.

I'm not well-off, financially. Every now and then I wonder what would be involved in applying for food stamps. (I have a suspicion that my owning a small and unproductive farm would help me qualify.) Then I return to my senses. Apparently others have more gall than I.

blaman,

would you believe that the economy is not great, actually we are already in the recession that is predicted to start later this year. i wouldn't bet against 80 million on food stamps.

The recession ended June, 2009. This is the new norm. I don't know why people struggle so much with that reality. Perhaps it's because they expect something to change across the country while our elected and appointed leaders keep doing the same thing(?)...

In his weekly address today OBlamer bragged about how great all those low paying jobs are doing and all those out of work. What a loser!

Good question. Can it be that some who receive food stamps don't deserve them? Add to that the fact that the economy truly stinks on the level of the average citizen. The doctored statistics force rose colored glasses over the public's eyes. Unemployment is much higher than reported. The price of everything is increasing, but wages are not. I talk to guys working two jobs and whose wife has a job and raises the kids which is probably equivalent to working three jobs. If I tell them the economy is getting better, I get responses anywhere from "are you kidding" to "shove it up your ass."

The book The Forgotten Man I recently learned about in the Gulch explains it all. History is repeating itself and the idiots in Washington are pathologic. We truley need John Galt.

So far the only folks who are saying the economy is
fine are the sheeple who follow the libtarts.

and why are 92 million able folks out-of-work? -- j

and of course if you are single you cannot get food stamps