McCain guarantees victory, page 3

reply to post by SGSPatriot

As Americans we ahve always picked outselves up and got dirty when the times got hard. It is the Democrats who have made YOU weak. Relying on the democrats to pick you up. I like to get on my own feet.

All the services that help the poor homeless and such are all services put into action by DEMOCRATS. Which in turn locks in votes for them.

god ... didn't anyone pay attention in school?

I’m going to provide some facts for you to digest about social welfare programs that the evil socialistic commie Democrats have created over the years. Apparently, you either went to one of the nation’s worst schools, or it was you who wasn’t paying attention, because if you went to a public school you probably received some of this Democratic welfare help. The facts speak for themselves, they are cold, hard, and truthful.

The Food Stamp Program has made severe hunger rare in America. In the late 1960s, medical research exposed the fact that American children suffered and died from diseases related to severe malnutrition that usually are thought of as occurring only in third-world countries. In 1979, after the Food Stamp Program became available nation-wide,
physicians discovered that this severe malnutrition had become rare, a result they
attributed to the Food Stamp Program.

You can also get facts on Food Stamps for each state. Here’s mine, Texas:

FOOD STAMPS HELP VULNERABLE TEXAS RESIDENTS AND THE ECONOMY
• 2,422,198 Texans use food stamps to buy food every month.1 That amounts to 10
percent of the people in Texas.
• Texas food stamp households receive, on average, $1.04 per person per meal in food
stamp benefits. This modest amount is crucial to financially pressed families.
• The Food Stamp Program pumped $2,718,158,343 into the Texas economy last year,
benefiting farmers, grocers, and small businesses throughout the state.2
• About 86 percent of Texas food stamp benefits go to households with children,
many of them in working families.3 Most of the rest go to households containing
elderly people or people with disabilities.

Here’s some more information for you to deny the ignorance that’s dripping from your posts:

Public benefit programs cut the number of poor Americans nearly in half, from 58 million to 31 million.
• Medicaid has been shown to reduce infant mortality and child deaths and to increase the likelihood that low-income women receive preventive screening for breast cancer and cervical cancer.
• While 40 years ago hunger and malnutrition were not uncommon in some poor areas of the country, the federal Food Stamp Program and other nutrition assistance programs such as WIC and the school meals programs have made severe hunger rare in America today.
• By increasing the rewards of low-wage employment, the Earned Income Tax Credit has substantially raised the proportion of single mothers who work, while lifting 2.7 million children out of poverty (in 2002).
• Nearly three million people with severe mental impairments receive help from the Supplemental Security Income program, which enables many of them to live independently.

Center for Policy and Budget Priorities

Now, back on topic. McCain’s doing what any politician would do, he’s trying to stay positive and keep his game face on when the cards are down. He’s not out, and there are many factors still in play that can give him the election, but he is down.