This is what "Forward" looks like

[Teufelhund]

NUMBER OF FOOD STAMP HOUSEHOLDS DOUBLES IN 4 YEARS


http://completecolorado.com/newsimages2012/FoodStamps.png

Source (http://completecolorado.com/stories/foodstamps2012.html)

[bigmyk2k]

Looks to be starting fiscal 13 off right too, with more households than ever before.

If you voted for Change, we are definitely on the right track.

[TEAMRICO]

Just as I suspected.......it MUST have been Bush's fault!

[def90]

Well.. if you consider the economic collapse a few years ago it makes sense..

[patrick0685]

bold move def90...aside from that to many people take advantage of the system

[Kraven251]

I wonder how that tracks with the increase in population in CO. Though on the positive side I am happy that people can get food and aren't starving, but ramen and ground pork was always a damn fine motivator to find a job. I'm glad the system is there, but I do wonder how many people are still using it just because they can.

[Bailey Guns]

Well.. if you consider the economic collapse a few years ago it makes sense..

Economic collapse? We haven't gone through an "economic collapse" since the Great Depression. Even that was mild by the standards of collapse some countries have endured. We were in (still in?) a mild recession. What are you people gonna do when it gets really bad?

When this gets to be the norm, which I suspect it will if we don't stop SPENDING MONEY we don't have, then I'll buy the "economic collapse" thing:

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/images/migrantmother.jpg

BTW: I'm not saying some people haven't suffered. But we've been so spoiled for so long that we think the world is coming to an end if we can't get 4G service on our iPhones.

[Ronin13]

Economic collapse? We haven't gone through an "economic collapse" since the Great Depression. Even that was mild by the standards of collapse some countries have endured. We were in (still in?) a mild recession. What are you people gonna do when it gets really bad?

When this gets to be the norm, which I suspect it will if we don't stop SPENDING MONEY we don't have, then I'll buy the "economic collapse" thing:

BTW: I'm not saying some people haven't suffered. But we've been so spoiled for so long that we think the world is coming to an end if we can't get 4G service on our iPhones.
I agree here- during the "collapse" some guys I know went out and bought brand new cars (one a BMW, the other a fully loaded $65,000 Chevy truck, and yet another a brand new Mercedes). If the economy was really that bad, these guys wouldn't be buying brand new cars.

But, it is very bad that we are edging our way to more takers than givers... soon the system won't be able to sustain itself and you're going to see a lot of people suffering- one side or the other.

[TFOGGER]

"The problem with Socialism is that sooner or later, you run out of other people's money to spend"- Margaret Thatcher