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Originally posted by Scipio
It's not quite as cheap when you factor in the need to cook it, the time you spend at the grocery store, etc. There are hidden costs.
I think Ustwo is giving us a bit of a straw man. Hunger isn't an issue in the campaign. If you want a bona fide democratic talking point regarding the down-trodden, look no further than John Edward's rhetoric about the poor. There are something like 30 million people in America below the poverty line. As it stands, our economy is distributing the benefits disproportionately to the wealthy. (The rate of income growth among the rich is higher than that same rate among the poor and middle class)
The thing we need to be concerned about is that their children are extended the same chance at success as the children of the middle class.
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Everybody can go to a public school. I don't know about other states, but in florida, if you earn a 3.5 GPA and do 75 hours of community service, score at least a 1270 on the SAT (if you have a 3.5 gpa...this shouldnt be hard) than you qualify for a 100% tuittion and fees scholorship to any florida university. Everybody has the same chance at this....its up to the child to work hard at it, if they dont...than they dont deserve it over somebody else just because they come from a poor family.
(Sorry for the semi off-topicness of this)