America?  I say Mr. President get off your high horse and feed the hungry of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! PUT PEOPLE IN HOMES! OUR TAXES PAY FOR A REAL NUT TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND HAVE DINNERS _ WHEN PEOPLE ARE STARVING! RIGHT HERE! I WANT IT STOPPED! NOW!!!! FEED THE HUNGRY! I WANT THE ALMIGHTY $$$$$$$ TO STAY HERE IN AMERICA!!! FEED US FIRST!
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Bush is interested in his own gains after the presidency is over. It's obvious he doesn't care about the people. He's setting himself up to live high and mighty once he's gouged the people into degradation. He is a joke.\n\nOur healthcare crisis is nearly impossible and causes much of the hunger challenges in our country. Paying hundreds of dollars a month for insurance is taking the food off American tables. How much are you paying for healthcare? I think that if a person serves in the military for six years, they should get free healthcare for life for themselves and their dependents.  I believe that people should not have to send their food budget to the fat insurance companies out there who deny claim after claim. I think companies who hire temps and lay them off just so they don't have to offer benefits should be penalized. It's not just the president who's guilty of fleecing people into poverty. \n\nThe sad thing is, it's the WORKING people who are starving. There are plenty of programs out there to provide for those who are not able or do not want to work. They get free healthcare, housing, and food. If you choose to work a job, you lose that. I know of one particular mother who tried to work a job, but she just couldn't do as good as the system did for her.\n\nI also think high-speed internet should be available everywhere for free. Taxes should be flat on things you purchase only and not on income, food, or necessities.  I think number of votes should MEAN something. . . votes of ALL the people not state by state.  We are a young, messed up, and arrogant country. We have so many resources and yet we struggle. There is really no reason for it other than the fact that people who struggle are easier to bilk, control, and squeeze.
107101
Get Americans to focus on anything other than removal of the ruling class screwing everyone everywhere like a grand illusionist! Your reference to Iran etc just another smoke screen to keep your eye off the ball here in the USA!
487647
It's a start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Our country is being invaded by parasitic terrorist to the tune of $ 30 BILLION AMERICAN TAXPAYERS DOLLARS A YEAR" that is taking away the future of our elderly, ourselves, our children and their children. Wake up!!! The U.S.A. is the life boat of the world and it's overloaded. What good does it do to try to save the whole world, if we all perish? You future will be dim if this country does not wake up and do something about all the different groups of illegal aliens including the Chinese. Have you ever heard of the Trojan Horse?
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Don't confuse the American government with the American people.\n\nWe don't have the greatest government in the world, just the one that most people want on their side.  The world asks a lot of our government - come first in time of disater, stand up against tyranny, pay for the common good, help without question. When was the last time you heard that the first people in to rebuild a fallen damn or drop medical supples were from New Zeeland or Greenland? The world asks a lot of America. \n\nMost Americans want what most citizens of the world want. We want the ability to provide for our families, feed and clothe ourselves and have lives that matter. Yes, we have idiots that don't know all of us can eat and provide, and it isn't a wrong thing. But know that 99% of Americans are decent people who want what's best.
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What we have here is a false dichotomy. There is no reason why we can't do BOTH. I see both those next door and those in the next continent as my neighbors. I care for both equally. Too often we value the lives of our own countrymen more than those who are not. I think that's wrong. There is absolutely no reason why anyone on this planet need go hungry. The earth produces FOUR TIMES the amount of food necessary to feed every individual on this planet. The fact that there are starving people anywhere can mostly be blamed on greed and misplaced priorities on the part of world governments. If we work to solve the problems of the poorest among the human population, we will simultaneously improve conditions for those in more affluent places like the USA, Britain, UAE, etc. The average person in these affluent countries throws away more nutritious food than the average person in a third world country receives as food. It's this sort of thing that we need to change in order to feed the hungry here and elsewhere.
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Here is my take on this situation....I am glad that he told us that this is a consideration for the government to implement! They could have done this without any warning to the American public...in fact, you know that this has been done before...and has been done without the knowledge of Americans! I think that it is a great, and smart, move on his part! I hope, and I am sure, that it will not be a permanent pain in our society, but desperate times call for desperate measures. So, anything that can prevent another hardening attack on American soil is okay with me!
435273
I've seen some stupid questions on here, but this one has to be near the top of the list.  The American people have had enough of the Bush's to last 10 lifetimes.  What a totally absurd idea!!!
69640
I know how you feel. Our country is not free anymore. Bush is the cause. Just hope and pray someone can clean his mess when he leaves office.
349333
no im not living the american dream. only few people actually live it thats why its called a dream. life is an ongoing struggle for me and about 250 million americans. what needs to be changed is definitely the heathcare, and welfare system. the military budget also needs to be reduced from $400 billion to about $40 billion. spend $360 on healthcare and welfare. people will be better taken care of. food in the u.s. is great though. dont change that. i love american buffets and taco bell. i also like how people trust each other in the states. in a lot of countries people dont trust each other and that is sad. i also like how americans are much friendlier than other countries. thats one thing americans can teach others. and also the food as well. im not talking about mcdonalds coz thats rubish. but like american buffets. even steak, ribs, and chicken wings. other countries have taught me tolerance. many countries are real good at accepting people of different religious groups, backgrounds, gays, poor people, etc. we are all people, and sometimes thats hard to understand in the states because you have to fit into this mold on what a person should be.
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I agree 100%. WE should be getting the government fund first and foremost. If they want them things then their country needs to come up with them. We have homeless and jobless people right here in the US that were born and raised AMERICAN and they can't get money from the government. Look at how they are treating most of the veterans, alot of them are homeless now, because after the war, they had nothing and no where to go. We like in a broken country and it needs Jesus
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I didn't hear him but one thing I do know for sure HE needs to find another job and not as the President of our country, we can't afford him.  My goodness he has taken the poor people to a level beyond repair and he just keeps taking away, yet still giving the rich tax relief, I do know he is asking for more money; in the billions for this fence!!! Who's gonna pay for it? This man just won't STOP we need to get him out of office while we get the rest of the republicans out, somehow this has to get under control.
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You're forgetting a major hurdle here- I don't think it's possible to purchase airline tickets with food stamps.\n\nPARKERD has a point-\nOkay, so it was a cheap shot. I was only home for lunch, it's all I had time for.\n\n\nYou want a more well thought answer? Okay- Maybe it's because they know damn well that there's not another country on earth that is as great as this one, no matter what the current problems are. Where else can one piss and moan and run down their elected leader without an honest fear of repercussions?\n\nYes, you can joke around about Big Brother and the NSA monitoring your phone calls and your posts onto public websites, but does anyone seriously expect a 4am knock on the door because they called Bush a Retarded Chimp?\n\nLiberals aren't going anywhere any more than I left the country during Hillbilly's administration. Because they know the same things I did: That however f*cked up you think things are now, it's a lot worse just about everywhere else you can possibly go. (Of course, there's also that little fact that as Americans, almost all of us speak only one language, thereby making it very difficult to relocate in a foreign country.)\n\nAlthough I must say, if our founding fathers would be appalled by anything, it's that there are pussies in this country who think that we shouldn't defend ourselves. Oh, so I can't say pussies? Well, use your imagination on that one. I don't feel like going back and changing the P or the U to an *.
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This irritates me to no end.  Our citizenship and wellfare laws need to be changed.  If they can't get free money and citizenship for their kids they would stop coming here.  Also I support the minutemen even though I don't have the money to contribute.  I will be in Little Rock on May 7th with food for those who are in the caravan they have planned.
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People complain NON STOP about our President....Our countries REAL issue lies with our Congress and Representatives......Come on AMERICA.....make your elected officials tow the rope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Their Health Care Plan is only a tiny piece of the pie that our elected officials are ripping from each and every one of us, each and every day!!!
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You don't pay for anybodies children now, let alone your own, are you an Alcoholic? I think you should invoke the Anti-Abortion Law, so they can have even more children and be homeless. Support tax cuts for the rich so they can stay homeless, like Katrina. Vote to outsource American jobs to Communist China, while borrowing trillions of American dollars from Communists. So quit bitching about the results of your polices "DUMB-AZZZ"
608805
Why stop there.  I think all the people too lazy to provide for themselves and their family should demand free food, cars, gas , housing, vactions, retirement programs, education, hookers, smokes, beer, internet & phone service, utilities, a vaction home with a free jet aircraft to get there............................\n\nWhy let a little thing like self respect keep you from being a complete scum bag.
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I did some google research hadenough......you're right......out of the ten articles I found and read there was no mention of starvation or malnutrition.  Who said that garbage anyway?  Where have I been, I missed that one too.  They're closing because we can't keep up with the costs of all their ailments.  Where does that leave us Americans for health care?  So our health care costs will rise again just so we can keep a few hospitals open for us Citizens.