Thought For The Day

  • Thought For The Day

    Hungry Children

    Are there hungry children in the United States? Are there hungry children who are absolutely dependent on the Government – without which they will remain unfed? I don’t know. Really. I am told there are – even though one can eat at school for free (in many places up to three meals a day) – if they are in school. How big is this problem? One? One hundred? Thousands? Last month, Kansas kicked more than 1,000 mixed-status families off its food stamp program when it joined three other states in adopting a stricter food stamp eligibility policy. A low-income family of five made up of two undocumented parents and three citizen children…