Thanks to the wonderful administration of king george and the ongoing economic woes, we, in a country of used-to-be plenty,  are now forcing our senior citizens into soup kitchens.

 

The number of seniors living alone who seek help from food pantries in the U.S. increased 81 percent to 408,000 in 2008, compared to 225,000 in 2006, according to the U.S.D.A……

The New York City Coalition Against Hunger released a report on the city's soup kitchens and food pantries that found that 68 percent of responding agencies were seeing an increase in senior citizens. Hunger Solutions Minnesota said this month that food-shelf visits from older people increased 26 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2008.  Seniors and Soup Kitchens

And some who were once volunteers at the soup kitchens are now clients at those same places.

With no increase in Social Security in 2010 and with the mess of Wall Street still lingering, I expect the statistics will increase over the coming year.  Yes we all got a more than average increase in social security last year but that has already been eaten up by costs – which went up a larger percentage than the social security amount.

Shame on us!