blogger, katilda.com
Maybe if we stopped viewing the value of education for the
value of its price tag, we'd get a clearer picture of the pros and cons
of grad school. Not everything can be properly evaluated with a
financial measuring stick.
Commissioner, New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA)
Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the consumption of
sugar-sweetened beverages. It is time for the federal government to take
a second look at this issue.
President, Children's Defense Fund
We don't usually equate "summer vacation" and empty stomachs.
Did you know child hunger and food insecurity often peak in the summer?
An overwhelming majority of children who receive free meals at school
aren't as lucky once school lets out.
Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength
Some of the voices least often heard in the corridors of
Congress are those of the families who can't afford lobbyists, don't
make campaign contributions, but who can bear witness first hand to the
life-changing benefits of a food and nutrition assistance program like
SNAP.
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
Today, the Coalition on Human Needs sent a letter making these points to every senator.
May 16, 2012
Dear Senator:
Today you will have the opportun...
Senior Policy and Communications Advisor, Environmental Working Group
Would critics of SNAP exhibit the same level of outrage if they
learned that several Roby, Texas, cotton farmers shared a $46 million
jackpot in 1996 and still receive hundreds of thousands of dollars
apiece in federal subsidies for years after?
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President, Bread for the World
It's time for members of Congress to say they're going to do
their part and support legislation that creates a circle of protection
around programs that are vital to hungry and poor people.
Practicing physician
What are you doing in your home, your family, in your schools
and communities to end the attack on our children and our nation's
future? We have the power to take back our health.
President, Children's Defense Fund
Programs like Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, food
stamps, and transitional housing are lifelines that work when people
fall on hard times. We need to preserve them. But that's not what the
Ryan "reconciliation budget" just passed by the House of Representatives
would do.
Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength
"Most think people on food stamps are sponges, but my mother is
everything but a sponge. We don't struggle because my mom doesn't work
hard enough. We struggle because of the economy and simply because what
cards we were dealt."
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Author, "Wasting America’s Future"
Living on less than $2 per person a day is one World Bank
definition of poverty for developing nations. Unfortunately, this
threshold is increasingly relevant to the United States.
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NYC Council Member, 8th District
It is clear that this administration has a double standard when
it comes to accountability. Poor and working families must prove their
need, at every step, in order to receive even the bare minimum of
assistance.
Freelance Writer and Graduate Student
I had worked as a newspaper reporter for more than a decade,
interviewing presidential candidates and reality TV stars. I had a
college degree and a retirement account. Never once had I thought I
would need help with something as basic as buying food for my kid.
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Founding Editor, 'A View From The Cave' and 'DAWNS Digest'
Millions of Americans have been hit hard by the economic
downturn and are working hard to escape the trap of poverty.
Mischaracterizing social welfare programs makes it hard to adequately
understand and address these problems.
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Professor of Anthropology, West Chester University; Author, 'The Power of the Between'
When you take a Greyhound Bus it is difficult to close your eyes to the face of poverty in America.
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President, Children's Defense Fund
The impact of more cuts on children and families who now
receive a nutritionally adequate diet from SNAP would be devastating.
Where is the justice in a vote to protect wealthy farmers over hungry
children?
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President, Children's Defense Fund
At one time, the Nations owned a home. But like so many other
American families, their standard of living has declined over the past
decade even though they are a two-parent working family.
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Ex-urbanite now knee-deep in chicken poop: www.starvingofftheland.com
Can we rethink food stamps? Instead of nickel-and-diming the
program with endless arguments about what should or shouldn't be paid
for, and what is or isn't junk food, let's scrap it altogether and build
it fresh.
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President, Children's Defense Fund
Last year more Americans relied on food stamps to eat than at
any time since the program began in 1939 -- 46 million. Yet once again
some voices are starting to wonder whether we really need robust
anti-hunger programs in America.
Candidate for Congress in Illinois' 8th District
Nobody wants to be on food stamps, but when my family lost everything, we were grateful for it.
Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, 'Beyond Outrage'
Regressive Republicans pretend they're about opportunity. In
reality they're back at what they've been doing for years -- promoting
Social Darwinism.
Freelance Journalist/Intrepid Multimedia Reporter
I'd be more inclined to overlook the comment, ridiculous as it
was, if Romney wasn't in fact campaigning on what could be described as a
fairly anti-safety net platform. History is on my side here.
President, National Action Network
You'd think Romney would be more careful in his approach
towards serious subject matters, but somehow the self-proclaimed rich
guy still manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Darcy DeMarco writes from Nevada.
Volunteers in Southern Nevada willingly lived for a week on a
budget of $4.06 a day for food -- the average daily benefit for a single
person on food stamps.
Executive Director, Faith in Public Life
Leaders of both parties agree that the dignity of work is
better than living on the dole, but the GOP tactic of pitting employment
against the safety net is a false choice that promotes a cruel agenda.
Public Health Editor at HuffPost and Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General
Food insecurity in America is a major public health concern
that has increased significantly during the recent economic recession.
The upcoming presidential election has put a spotlight on the increase
in SNAP enrollment in recent years.
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President, Children's Defense Fund
Most young men and women today want to work hard, but for those under 25 years old, work has often been impossible to find.
Millions of Americans have been hit hard by the economic
downturn and are working hard to escape the trap of poverty.
Mischaracterizing social welfare programs makes it hard to adequately
understand and address these problems.
When you take a Greyhound Bus it is difficult to close your eyes to the face of poverty in America.
Can we rethink food stamps? Instead of nickel-and-diming the
program with endless arguments about what should or shouldn't be paid
for, and what is or isn't junk food, let's scrap it altogether and build
it fresh. 
Nobody wants to be on food stamps, but when my family lost everything, we were grateful for it.
Regressive Republicans pretend they're about opportunity. In
reality they're back at what they've been doing for years -- promoting
Social Darwinism.
I'd be more inclined to overlook the comment, ridiculous as it
was, if Romney wasn't in fact campaigning on what could be described as a
fairly anti-safety net platform. History is on my side here.
You'd think Romney would be more careful in his approach
towards serious subject matters, but somehow the self-proclaimed rich
guy still manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Volunteers in Southern Nevada willingly lived for a week on a
budget of $4.06 a day for food -- the average daily benefit for a single
person on food stamps.
Leaders of both parties agree that the dignity of work is
better than living on the dole, but the GOP tactic of pitting employment
against the safety net is a false choice that promotes a cruel agenda. 
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