It's an old story but still relevant. The USDA also targeted Hispanics in Florida through radio programs in Spanish.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/03/usda-c...amp-rolls/

The only pride were interested now is self pride in taking things from other people..

Mountain people, especially in NC, are very self reliant hard working people.
Just ask British Major Ferguson when he threatened to invade the mountains and
they came down from the mountains during the Revolutionary War to give Ferguson
and his men a permanent dirt nap on Kings Mountain West of Charlotte.

The top 20% or so of Americans have no money problems at all. The rest of us are struggling to some degree. Even upper-middle class families struggle when two or three kids are in college.

We should just expand food stamps to the bottom 80%. It will further erode the outdated idea of self-reliance, but so what?

I've got NC mountains in my blood. My family has been in western NC since prior to the revolutionary war. One of my ancestors was an officer fighting the British. I grew up there and will die there in a few hundred years.

Positive Rep me and I'll vote for Obama in 2016

I enjoy watching shows such as "Moonshiners", "Swamp People", and "Ax Men". There is no doubt in my mind that these people can fend for themselves.

These people probably have no idea that they qualify for food stamps and they don't have to eat road kill to survive.

The Appalachian Mountain region has some of worst poverty in the nation. If some of the people that are living in dire straits can be convinced that there is nothing to be ashamed of in accepting a little assistance then that is a good thing. I don't care how much pride you have that doesn't put food into a malnourished child's stomach. Which is more important?

(08-10-2013 01:29 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  The Appalachian Mountain region has some of worst poverty in the nation. If some of the people that are living in dire straits can be convinced that there is nothing to be ashamed of in accepting a little assistance then that is a good thing. I don't care how much pride you have that doesn't put food into a malnourished child's stomach. Which is more important?

Fantastic point.

My grandmother used to say the exact same thing " Pride doesn't put food on the table"

She used to say this in response to people who criticized her for embracing America and leaving Mexico.

Taking ones pride from them is despicable.

(08-10-2013 01:58 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Taking ones pride from them is despicable.

Yes but only if you are a lion and your dad's name is Mufasa

If we were all receiving welfare payments and food stamps, there would be no back-and-forth fighting. We would be united in our efforts to get our "fair share".

(08-10-2013 01:21 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  I enjoy watching shows such as "Moonshiners", "Swamp People", and "Ax Men". There is no doubt in my mind that these people can fend for themselves.

These people probably have no idea that they qualify for food stamps and they don't have to eat road kill to survive.

I am just glad they have subtitles.

(08-10-2013 05:25 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(08-10-2013 01:21 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  I enjoy watching shows such as "Moonshiners", "Swamp People", and "Ax Men". There is no doubt in my mind that these people can fend for themselves.

These people probably have no idea that they qualify for food stamps and they don't have to eat road kill to survive.

I am just glad they have subtitles.

If you can't understand them, you need to venture outside your enclave.

(08-10-2013 01:31 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-10-2013 01:29 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  The Appalachian Mountain region has some of worst poverty in the nation. If some of the people that are living in dire straits can be convinced that there is nothing to be ashamed of in accepting a little assistance then that is a good thing. I don't care how much pride you have that doesn't put food into a malnourished child's stomach. Which is more important?

Fantastic point.

My grandmother used to say the exact same thing " Pride doesn't put food on the table"

She used to say this in response to people who criticized her for embracing America and leaving Mexico.

Is anyone starving? Just because New Yorkers call it poverty doesn't mean they can't get by. They make it work on very little. When you own the land and grow and kill your food and barter for services, you can live pretty well on almost nothing.

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At least in Kentucky's part of Appalachia, obesity and diabetes are a bigger problem than starvation. Food stamps won't fix that.

This guy definitely doesn't have any more pride.

(08-10-2013 11:23 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(08-10-2013 01:31 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-10-2013 01:29 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  The Appalachian Mountain region has some of worst poverty in the nation. If some of the people that are living in dire straits can be convinced that there is nothing to be ashamed of in accepting a little assistance then that is a good thing. I don't care how much pride you have that doesn't put food into a malnourished child's stomach. Which is more important?

Fantastic point.

My grandmother used to say the exact same thing " Pride doesn't put food on the table"

She used to say this in response to people who criticized her for embracing America and leaving Mexico.

Is anyone starving? Just because New Yorkers call it poverty doesn't mean they can't get by. They make it work on very little. When you own the land and grow and kill your food and barter for services, you can live pretty well on almost nothing.

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No one is saying that they have to take Food stamps. They are just giving them the option.

Who in their right mind would not want everyone to be aware of all of their options. Especially when it comes to putting food on the table.

(08-10-2013 11:30 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  At least in Kentucky's part of Appalachia, obesity and diabetes are a bigger problem than starvation. Food stamps won't fix that.

I'm afraid that that is the problem throughout the nation, regardless of economics.

(08-10-2013 01:29 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  The Appalachian Mountain region has some of worst poverty in the nation. If some of the people that are living in dire straits can be convinced that there is nothing to be ashamed of in accepting a little assistance then that is a good thing. I don't care how much pride you have that doesn't put food into a malnourished child's stomach. Which is more important?

We are not talking about the Appalachian Mountain region. That goes from Alabama up the East Coast into Maine and Canada. The thread mentions mountains of North Carolina. Many of those mountain NC counties have very high house values and are resort areas. For instance Watauga County has very high house values, two and three times higher than many NC counties, and half a dozen ski resorts within a few minutes of Boone. Quite a bit different than the coal mine areas of West Virginia, Kentucky or Pennsylvania. There are no coal mines in NC, we have granite mountains. That's why they are higher. If these people have not taken food stamps I think it is great if they do not feel like they need it, but would encourage them to take the help if they are out of work, disabled, or otherwise qualified to do so.

(08-13-2013 02:40 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(08-10-2013 01:29 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  The Appalachian Mountain region has some of worst poverty in the nation. If some of the people that are living in dire straits can be convinced that there is nothing to be ashamed of in accepting a little assistance then that is a good thing. I don't care how much pride you have that doesn't put food into a malnourished child's stomach. Which is more important?

We are not talking about the Appalachian Mountain region. That goes from Alabama up the East Coast into Maine and Canada. The thread mentions mountains of North Carolina. Many of those mountain NC counties have very high house values and are resort areas. For instance Watauga County has very high house values, two and three times higher than many NC counties, and half a dozen ski resorts within a few minutes of Boone. Quite a bit different than the coal mine areas of West Virginia, Kentucky or Pennsylvania. There are no coal mines in NC, we have granite mountains. That's why they are higher. If these people have not taken food stamps I think it is great if they do not feel like they need it, but would encourage them to take the help if they are out of work, disabled, or otherwise qualified to do so.

It sounds like you didn't venture far from King Street when you attended ASU.