Food Stamps up 19% Since a Year Ago!

First I want to state that the reason for my posting of all these "statistics" is not to ruin your day, your week, your year or even your life.  I share these statistics to MOTIVATE you to get involved in the process and VOTE!  This country is set-up so that "We the people" can run our country and quite honestly, over the past 25-30 years very few have been taking responsibility of their duty!

Proverbs 29:2 warns of this: When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan. NASB.  The righteous have not been increasing and taking up our public duty to elected Godly people.

So with that, I encourage you to first, REGISTER to vote.  Then find those who are supporting Biblical issues.  Why Biblical?  Well, again, let's look at the Word.

Luke 12:28-32 (NASB) "But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!  "And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.  Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom."

When we vote, we need to make the "things" that God cares about a priority and then He (God) will make sure our needs are met.  For TOO many years, people are voting for the candidate that promises to fix the people's lives.  The one who will stimulate the economy, give jobs, lower taxes.  This last time the candidate promised "Hope and Change" and "Yes We Can".  These are NOT Biblical issues!  We can also look at Matthew 6:24-34 (NASB):

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

I want to remind you that YOU have a part to play in this government.  You can VOTE for change while we still have the right TO vote!  With that, let's look at why we have such a need for change. 

Remember Michelle Obama quoting in April of 2008 that Americans needed to be willing to share.  Really? The quote went like this, "The truth is most Americans don't want much. Folks don't want the whole pie. Most Americans feel blessed to thrive a little bit....but that's out of reach for them. The truth is, in order to get things like universal heath care and a revamped education system then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more. - April 8, 2008 and the Charlotte Observer.

We all know that Michelle is great at tightening her belts but they are on her designer dresses and I don't think that those "belts" were the belts she had in mind.  It is a great concept but this quote is coming from a lady who travels on taxpayers money to Paris and beyond to shop with her daughters and have lunch for the day.  We need to tighten our belts but she and her husband live as though the party will last forever and there is no limit to the money.  Maybe this is why they just keep printing more!

I guess we are back to definitions again.  Remember former President Bill Clinton?   He had his own personal meaning of the word "is".  Funny how that word has always been the same for everyone else.  "Is" is well, is.  It is a state of being verb.  It starts and then continues.  It has action.  But the road scholar wasn't quite sure of the meaning.  Anyway, I didn't mean to get off track from my current concern but there is so much in common with how democratic politicians think.  So let's get back to the Obamas.

Remember President Obama quoted that he thinks "that what you've seen is that the pace of job loss has slowed and I think the economy is going to turn around.  But as you know, jobs are a lagging indicator.  And we've got to produce 150,000 jobs every month just to keep pace but, " he said, "we will end up seeing recovery shortly."  This was back on June 16, 2009.  Hmmm - still waiting for that recovery!  Are you ready for some change?

In January, the incoming administration predicted that without a huge stimulus package, unemployment would reach just over 8% and would be contained at under 8% with a stimulus package.  So, he got his stimulus package to pass and his predictions fell flat.  Not only did the unemployment rate reach 8% it is now closing in on 10% as of June (9.6%).

The first family seems to be unaware of the needs of the people of this nation.  This year, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reports that 40.8 million people are now collecting food stamps.  This is up 19 from a year ago.  These are not numbers that can be attributed to the Bush years but this is from 2009-2010.  These are from the current President's administration.

The US Census Bureau released figures on new orders for manufactured goods and orders have decreased for two consecutive months by 1.2% from $5.1 billion to $404.4 billion back in June of this year.  Less orders means less production which means less jobs which leads to less spending because people don't have money.  Consumer purchasing is 70% of the American economy and the retail and service industries are fighting to survive.  This should be of a concern to all of us in this country!

This current administration and congress are spending money like there is no tomorrow and if they continue, there may be no tomorrow for America!  The $787 billion stimulus bill, the trillion dollar health care nightmare, a $4.5 billion education incentive program and let's not forget Mrs. Obama's thin down America program that cost just a mere $10 billion and you can begin to understand why this country is drowning in debt.

Remember the quote at the beginning of this page? Well, she also made a similar quote during the campaign at a speech in Canton, Ohio on October 27, 2008. She said, "The cost of this economic crisis, and the cost of the war in Iraq, means that Washington will have to tighten its belt and put off spending on things we can afford to do without."  When will the Obamas begin to do this?  When will THEY stop spending?  They need to begin at home, that is where true charity begins.  They can do this by tightening their own belts instead of pushing their agendas onto the American people and running this Republic into bankruptcy!

Had enough yet America?  In  77 days you get to vote for CHANGE on November 2, 2010!  Vote out these politicians who have gone along with all this spending.  Theses elections could cripple the hands of this President.  It really DOES matter if YOU vote!   I suggest you do before many more Americans are asking for a handout and that could be you.