Food prices hit working-class Americans - 09 Jun 08

[StroonsGlen]

wahahahaha..... unsa mana uy

[StroonsGlen]

waw unsa mana uy wahahaha...

[tagaEskinita]

american lawmakers have killed their own economy by killing jobs through outsourcing.. now no-one can find jobs and money is bleeding from the country

[lucy9359]

I respect this woman working and doing her best to help children who were other wise cast outs and I think it is wrong that the world has made it better for the rich while the poor suffer...I actually cried when I watched this...I live in Canada and we have been hit by the recession as well but not like this...Further more I can't think of anyone including the rich who would have done what she did acsept for 1 family...but in Canada we gave them money through the newspaper when it was published

[TheGreasepit]

fuck, most of these people have been milking the system for years....long before the economy dwindled....why work, when the government will feed you. Yet they still whine about their government. Hypocritical fuckers

[danfromabove]

@TheGreasepit Wow. Just wow. You literally have no compassion - you may as well be a zombie.

[TIKIMAN198]

"we got some canned goooooooodsss" bet you anything she will be at the casino every noght. Bitch.

[danfromabove]

@TIKIMAN198 Bet you anything are a cunt. You sister is working, feeding foster kids and struggling to get by on charity and you call her a bitch. I pity you.

[ElisabethShockma]

Some people believe 20 dollar an hr jobs grow on trees...When they wake up I hope they are homeless because they have never been there before. There are not enough jobs to go around. They had over 400 applications at the local McDonald's that how desperate some people are to find A JOB forget about a second job.

[Delious07]

@ElisabethShockma yup i live in small town america...lol me and my brother could not go to collage this year cause my sisters went...it sucks i got disabled a year ago and beofre tht my job got ship out..people who never been here before will never usnderdtand how it is to barley make it each month dodgeing bill collectors...not everyone can find a good job..

[Dimitri0809]

@ElisabethShockma

Well that's the governments fault not theirs, The government needs to provide enough jobs so people can make a living.

Funny how lower class people came from all parts of the world to America to find good work don't have that kind of work anymore even though America has created so many things in last 45 years yet it is still the largest economy and can't provide enough jobs for everyone.

[Moralvorstellung]

I'll bet them niggers just tear that Food Bank up each week. Ever notice just how downright fat these welfare SheBoons get when they eat food that someone else has paid for?

[danfromabove]

@Moralvorstellung Read a book you ignorant asshat - there's a direct correlation between poverty and obesity in America. Simple reason: fatty foods are cheapest and most accessible to the poor.

[ricardoloaiza]

foster parents get money fro government so she not generous she is getting pay

[circusmaximus1O]

Do the Obamanots believe that Crap N Trade will lower the food prices?

[tatomuck18]

yes it will. It will make taxes higher so broke azzes could ge more welfare money!

[williamwagener]

Roxanne is facing the OBAMA-Rama-Drama ahhhh. she voted for him so she should enjoyo her new poverty. McCain would have done the same. Bomb , Bomb Iran, and trillions for foreign Private Military Corp.  and Zero for WE THE PEOPLE. Dum Asses... you should have voted for Ron Paul and got paid in real silver coins

instead of Fiat Federal Rerserve notes. And she gets paid extra money for the foster kids.

[williamwagener]

yup.

[smp236520]

Then u have all these rich people with multi homes in tax break countries. Brangelina have 10 house, an island on Dubi, A 35 bedroom villa. Am sorry but how many homes can u live in. P Diddy spend $250,000 on a Mayback pimed out car 4 his 16yr son who cant drive. Beyounce has a $5mill enagement ring which ahe rarly wears due to insurance. Cast of Jersery shore now getting paid $5,000 an episode. This is whats wrong with america. The poor get poorer whilst the rich profit from the poor.

[HoustonRocket101]

By 2018 the situation will be critical. People will be desperate and starving and opening up a can of beans in public could be a death sentence:

The inevitable reduced health care, will see millions perish, which is of course the whole point :

Canned food, water, Batteries, medical supplies, generators, wind up torches, radios, fuel, explosives, guns, bullets:

When the shit really hits the fan these things will become the new currency:

So heres some advice

STOCK UP NOW:

[shineyjman]

I only wish you were wrong, but you're not, and that's what's scary.

[daphknox]

I was in the US 2 months ago & couldn't beleive how cheap the food was esp. fresh food fruit & vege, milk & bread it was half the price we pay in Australia...

[kjdyatta]

time to start gardening!

[creedstat]

paper plates great for the environment

[meinside99]

People need to stop having so many kids. It is almost like kids are the cause of most Americans financial problems whether directly or indirectly

[mrdalewilsondw]

We shouldn't have ever went into Iraq. Now look what has happened to the United States.....

[jeeziss101]

If possible for you, start growing some of your own food. Children can help with this instead of playing video games.

[phoenixatom]

The United does great with welfare!...for the wealthy that is. This government runs the largest corporate welfare system the world has ever seen! That's before they dumped $800 billion into the laps of the banks! Capitalism has been doing this since its conception. It's unstable, and will never fix itself, because it is run by the wealthy elite who just shove the cash into their own pockets while the rest of us toil, sweat, bleed, break, starve and die in the streets!

[kyeot]

Who cares welfare is always cheaper than a 700 billion dollar bailout. How bout giving 700 billion dollars to the food bank instead of the bankers?

[warhater]

The American gov't could care less about the poor & working poor. Just ask yourself,any politicians what they've done 4 them? Despite what they may say, passed down arrogance finds them ACTIING like this: "Just pay the gov't,shut up, & go away. You see, most politicians are from "gated" communities, then university communities, & finally have families in gated communities of their own. They are incredibly isolated from ever learning, understanding, & thus, cannot help us. Yet they rule over us.

[tatomuck18]

just be grateful your alive!!

[tatomuck18]

What??? Look at all the welfare free money they get. Poor people are buying steaks, lobsters, soda, junk food, cigarettes, booze, nikes, necklaces and all that good shit thanks to the hard working tax payers. Americans are spoiled. If you think this is bad you should see how much worse it is in other countries where they get NOTHING!

[KripDrip]

if there was no government, there would be no homeless shelters for the homeless, police and fire fighters to protect us, welfare benefits for the unemployed, free school lunch, ect! Be thankful for that! Without the government, there would be none of that and poor people would starve.

[lucy9359]

@warhater I think this is a reality check when we see working class poor...I live in Canada and I live amongst the odd single mother but I don't see this kind of poverty where I live. Most of us would need our kids to take out student loans for school but we don't do bad off our wages which are more proportionate and we have never had to pay for health care...most have dental coverage as well as medical or eye glass coverage with their work...cost of living gone way up but we plant gardens,now.

[KARStarla]

If theres anyone struggling to buy food for their families please watch the video "Angel food ministries". They are operating in the U.S and are saving families 50% on their food bill

[jybona]

its funny the price goes up so the company profit stay the same or higher but there employees paycheck stay the same while price goes up..........

[JJJadm]

why they make it so hard to adopt a child here in the USA?

[stai12]

Shop and COSTCO..BJ's..SAMS CLUB..SHOPPER FOOD WAREHOUSE.People need to smarten up.Buy your food in bulk.$200 at a wholesale place gives me double the amount of food than a regular supermarket.And it last longer.

[HeyYouNotYou]

No what we need to do is get out of Iraq.

[neolestat13]

They give aid to foster children but not that much. Poeple on wellfare are given enough to give their children something to eat. It takes about 200 dollars to feed a kid now add some higher food prices now make the math.

[dukeofpuddles]

how about getting rid of "kosher tax"?

[JJJadm]

what is kosher tax?

[Srhandel]

Sorry, those people don't look like they're starving to me. Look at the people in Sudan, they are starving....they are bone thin. Also, in Burma (Myammar) they have barely any food and the gov't doesn't want to help them or let in foreigners to help them.....

[Srhandel]

wait a minute, doesn't the gov't give you like a $1,000 a month per foster child? Also, they pay for the foster child's medical care.

[totallybarefoot]

The difference in cost between canned and pre-prepared foods (which most donations are) and natural foods from the produce section or things made from scratch is amazing. The energy costs are not all that great.

It's THRIFTY to learn how to cook, and then you won't be gouged by Big Food Industry as much.

[EsotericDesi]

I do not know why politicians are only doing lip-service to the citizens... We need to vote all Republicans out this coming fall or we will become something like an African nation stricken by famines..!

[Woodchuckk]

Weither its a D or and EVIL!!! R,the government isnt going to solve your problems.

[thehmonghawj]

IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF BUSHES.....

[Woodchuckk]

Weither its a D or and EVIL!!! R,the government isnt going to solve your problems.

[ilovegarthie]

I SAW ALL THIS COMING AND SO MUCH MORE STILL.you will fall usa so mind your own problems and leave other countries alone.

[Agric0la]

USA gives more in AID around the world then All Muslim nations combined. Muslim nations give 13% of what the US gives to S America, Latin America, Africa and SE Asia.

Your arab neighbors dont do shit to help u, dont bitch about the one far away, your own neighbors abandoned you.

[Type59]

Agric

Saudia Arabia has given, recently, 500 million dollars to UN food programme. What do you think?

[Agric0la]

Look at al lteh AId the US gives, 4 billion for AIds program, 6.3 billion to the UN food program AND it gives FOOD to the FOOD program, its largest donor 100 million bushel of wheat this year i believe. India has a food export ban b/c its agri output increases by 1% buts it;s pop by 1.4%. That over a long enough period of time, makes food scarce.

I think tis sad, ONE big donation? US has been doing it for year. US has more private donation too then any other country and feeds more non citizen

[ilovegarthie]

Re:Agric0la usa are killers look at my page Agric0la an shut up.now counts.wipping out a country does make everything usa does mean nothing at all.even try to force Christianity on them

[Agric0la]

They have done nothing that no people have done. How did Britian get its Empire? Or The Arabs get thiers? Islam did not hug its way across north africa. The USA does not run rampant in Iraq, pulling 1,000's of Arabs into the streets and shooting them in teh back of the head. The Arabs militias are doing that. bitch about what u dont like, but give credit.

My point is that USA is like any other country, its got good to its bad. i assume since u diverted the conversation u cede. I thank you.

[Type59]

I am deny US gives alot. I am just highlighting other countries do give charity. The KSA and others in region have been giving money to charities for years. Your origional comment seems to be used to attack Aljazeera who are based in Mid East.

[ilovegarthie]

Re:Agric0la ,grammer is all you show me,your actions right now say to much...i am an aussie,i dont need any help,we are multi culture and know how to live in peace,far from usa actions over a gang more then a decade ago..grow up

[Agric0la]

Nice DIversion. see my previous comment.

[DonSimonBolivar]

America pulled out of the Human Rights Council and withdrew. The United Nations Human Rights Council has urged Israel to stop the Human Rights violation against the Palestinians. The U.S. mining companies from the U.S. are introducing heavy equipment to El Yunque Rain Forest in Puerto Rico. Deforestation is soon to start. Armed guards have been posted to prevent the Puerto Rican People stop deforestation. Puerto Rico is under a dictatorship by the so called "Greatest Democracy in the world"!

[DonSimonBolivar]

Free Puerto Rico Now! Dear members of the Green Party and the United States

[Agric0la]

Puerto Rico is free, they get free roads, infrastructure, military protection, etc etc and don't pay taxes to the Federal Government of the United States. In fact i believe thier government has never has surplus and cannot cover it;s own costs, so the US gov helps them. Nor do I see the Puerto Ricans protesting being part of the US. Plus they have what most people in the world want, US citizen ship. US still gets more immigrants then anyone else. followed by Russia.

[hajqbvii]

The Working Class in USA are now the '3rd World Labor Force'.....and McCain wants to give Exxon a tax break???

[AMVtheburning]

10% getting food hand outs, that's is just shocking and degrading.

What kind of welfare system do you have in the states, making people survive on charitable hand outs?

Your government should at least provide them with money for basic living needs, food and shelter and wot not.

We might be starting to moan a bit in England, but I can tell you we don't have people waiting for food hand outs, that's just despicable.

[BunchOBull]

AMV, just this morning the guardian ran a release stating 2.9m children are living in poverty in the UK. I'm sure state ran welfare is being pushed to the brink, otherwise, those numbers wouldn't be rising.

Charities exist to supliment the government. I believe my responsibility for the conditions of my fellow Americans is equal to that of my governments; the only difference is in the scale of which I can assist. A "Widow's Mite" story if you will.

[ratonnewmex]

the U.S. doesn't give a fuck about it's own people...look at their leader. what a pig.

[peoutratus]

It's a disgrace for such a rich and developed country to be in that situation. Millions of people are hungry while a small number of people are the richest people in the world. Reminds of the situation of pre-French revolution, the ppl got fed up and got rid of their government.

[tatomuck18]

maybe if they got a job and worked, they would be able to eat!

[lastnymleft]

Did that guy from the HoustonFoodBank really say that they are supporting *10%* of people in the Houston area? Surely not? That's a stunning figure. And we are still in very early days with this mess, too. There's a world of hurt coming our way, thanks to Ben Bernanke and the Fed, flooding the world with USD, driving up inflation.

[bulluni]

Thank you Bush for the great economy, high dollar, low cost of living and a ever peaceful world :)

[Woodchuckk]

Weither its a D or and EVIL!!! R,the government isnt going to solve your problems.

[godscuttingyoudown]

@bulluni your a dumb ass, inflation and debt began in 1913 when congress lost the power to print money to the Reserve

congress and presidents ask permission for the Reserve to print more money. Obama gave 700 Billion in bailouts to RICH WHITE PEOPLE that same white friends of bush. Obama stole 500 billion in the budget to create nation health care forcing the Reserve to print more money debasing dollar value

you understanding all this despite your inability to get a high school diploma?

[LBurris597]

The politicians in the United States DON'T GET IT!

[morgandrim]

The cost of living has rocketed in England in the last few months. And The Prime Minister has presided over the doubling of the tax paid by people on the minimum wage. The Evil shit kicking bum !

[WimmyRoad]

The new motorway tax in manchester is the cherry on the cake!

I'm leaving UK after i finish my degree!

[bar730]

Hmmm...I wonder how many Americans would be able to survive completely independant from the government and corporations should a crisis arise.For example how to hunt,fish,farm or protect themselves.

[WimmyRoad]

With over 60% physically overweight, i would so very little!

[neotoy]

Living on the dream of cheap energy, now we are all waking up to reality.

[sharinganclan213]

not surprised.

[justin1o0]

sad.

surprising  no.

[saad1505]

dam