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Originally Posted by jinx (Post 609129)

Food stamps should go hand-in-hand with gardening lessons. Teach a man to fish and all...

I couldn't agree with you more. The fewer people who are forced to depend on the government, the better. Alas, there are no easy answers. An elderly woman living in poverty may not have the strength to turn the soil and hoe out the weeds. A man in a wheelchair may not find it easy to dig up potatoes. A single mom in the city may consider herself lucky to have an apartment for herself and her children - never mind finding land where they can plant crops, water them and not have them stolen. That's the trouble with simplistic answers - we deal with the real world, not the ideal one.

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Originally Posted by SamIam (Post 609133)

I couldn't agree with you more. The fewer people who are forced to depend on the government, the better.

Careful with that kind of talk! :rolleyes:

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Alas, there are no easy answers. An elderly woman living in poverty may not have the strength to turn the soil and hoe out the weeds. A man in a wheelchair may not find it easy to dig up potatoes. A single mom in the city may consider herself lucky to have an apartment for herself and her children - never mind finding land where they can plant crops, water them and not have them stolen. That's the trouble with simplistic answers - we deal with the real world, not the ideal one.

Very sad, but true