Closer and Closer.

Just read this story about how the rising food costs are impacting people on food stamps. Key words and phrases used are

"food stamps ran out nearly two weeks ago"

"dire straits" "struggling to get through the month"

and

"the level of desperation are just frightening"

I'll say it again -- if something doesn't change soon, you're going to see riots in the streets.

SIDE NOTE:

Having said that, here are two other quotes from the story:

""Ain't got no food left, the kids are probably hungry," said Brown, a 23-year-old single mother. . ." 23, no man around, multiple kids, no education. The problem here goes way beyond food being expensive.

"For now, many of the needy, including many in Kladis' store pushing carts laden with soda pop, bags of cookies and chips — much of it cheaper than healthier food — are doing what they can to stretch their shrinking buying power." What a bunch of fucking bullshit. You want healthy shit cheap? Put down the fucking chips and pop and buy potatos, rice, beans and cheap fucking bottom shelf generic cereal. Find those fucking bright yellow Always Save cans. I grew up on Always Save. That shit will cure what ails you, and I can guarantee it goes a lot further than fucking cookies. Fuck. Raman Damn Noodles are a quarter a fucking package.