Not only are President ObamaÂ’s policies harming the middle class they are also hurting the poor. Imagine that you have not lost your job yet. Thankful as you are, the rising cost of gas may soon force even harder decisions on your family. Many people here commute to work. If you have even a modest commute of 20 miles, rising gas prices could add $100-200 a month to your gas bill. This will cause even more families to struggle to feed themselves. From the Los Angeles Times:One in five Californians struggled to afford enough food for themselves and their families last year, according to a new report by the Food Research and Action Center.
The rate in California was slightly higher than the national average of 18%.
Jim Weill, president of the Washington-based nonprofit group, said the figures underscore the need for a strong nutrition safety net — including food stamps and school meals — for families that continue to struggle even as the economy begins to recover.
“While the nation’s Great Recession may have technically ended in mid-2009, it has not yet ended for many of the nation’s households,” Weill said in a statement Thursday. “For them, 2010 was the third year of a terrible recession that is widely damaging the ability to meet basic needs.”
The report was based on data collected for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which conducted telephone interviews with more than 350,000 people in 2010, including 35,543 in California.
Now thatÂ’s change.