tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596296964180393116.post7748462265689844220..comments2023-06-20T01:37:04.562-07:00Comments on Kilauea Poetry: One Grape, Vogue And A Pipeline Kilauea Poetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565265326716182821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596296964180393116.post-66873882191532250572012-10-27T11:27:06.053-07:002012-10-27T11:27:06.053-07:00Thanks..I appreciate that!Thanks..I appreciate that!Kilauea Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565265326716182821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596296964180393116.post-29009924863141423162012-10-26T01:40:11.508-07:002012-10-26T01:40:11.508-07:00Hi Regina, the numbers are staggering but don'...Hi Regina, the numbers are staggering but don't surprise me given the deep recession your country has been in. I know here there are a lot of invisible unemployed as they just no longer look for work. I'm not sure how they live because welfare is nearly impossible to get these days and in any case doesn't even cover very much at all. Our employment insurance benefits run for such a Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596296964180393116.post-7551621659083064622012-10-25T10:27:53.385-07:002012-10-25T10:27:53.385-07:00Hi Penny..ya, guess it might be more to do with th...Hi Penny..ya, guess it might be more to do with the "every day all day-fraud" I mean foodstamps is one thing but it's also climbed. Forget what the stats are? Here- "The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that 45 million people in 2011 received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, a 70% increase from 2007..Spending for the program, not including Kilauea Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565265326716182821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596296964180393116.post-85882777216871884082012-10-24T20:29:48.304-07:002012-10-24T20:29:48.304-07:00p.s. Food stamps have been around for a long while...p.s. Food stamps have been around for a long while so I'm not sure why people are only now seeing a problem. My guess is when the average person feels a huge economic pinch, they start noticing a lot more about their tax dollars.Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596296964180393116.post-84686126670002815262012-10-24T20:27:59.558-07:002012-10-24T20:27:59.558-07:00I'm surprised you can get "cash back"...I'm surprised you can get "cash back" from food stamps. The cost of the "food" item should simply be deducted and a balance remain on the card, no cash exchanging hands. You can see by this comment that I think food stamps are needed but over where I live we don't have them...just welfare. I believe you have welfare too.Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.com