Fun times in New York City

They are decreasing the food stamp allocation by $36/month. More from Salon:

�Riots always begin typically the same way�: Food stamp shutdown looms Friday
Food stamp recipients face a massive benefit cut set to kick in when stimulus funds expire Friday. The nationwide cut �is equivalent to about 16 meals a month for a family of three,� according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis using the USDA�s �Thrifty Food Plan.� CBPP called the roughly $5 billion annual cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program �unprecedented� in �depth and breadth.�

�If you look across the world, riots always begin typically the same way: when people cannot afford to eat food,� Margarette Purvis, the president and CEO of the Food Bank for New York City, told Salon Monday. Purvis said that the looming cut would mean about 76 million meals �that will no longer be on the plates of the poorest families� in NYC alone � a figure that outstrips the total number of meals distributed each year by the Food Bank for New York City, the largest food bank in the country. �There will be an immediate impact,� she said.

Glad I do not live in a big city. If we had let the economy flourish, instead of trying to micromanage it, a lot fewer people would need handouts. Cut taxes, cut business regulations and stand back...