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Mississippi rated most obese state
Published Sunday, July 27, 2008
NATCHEZ — You kick off your shoes, you shuck extra clothing, take a deep breath and step onto the scale. It begins to move — one rotation, two rotations, three?
You have to admit it: you have a weight problem.
You’re not alone.
In a recently published study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mississippi burst through as the top state for obesity.
Are you obese?
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Thirty-two percent of Mississippians have been calculated to have a body mass index greater than 30 percent.
Body mass index is calculated by an adult’s height and weight. Normal weight falls between a body mass index of 18.5 and 24.9 percent.
The overweight category lists a BMI between 25 and 29.9 percent.
A person is categorized as obese if their BMI is 30 percent or greater.
Dr. Deb Galuska, associate director for science in the division of nutrition, physical activity and obesity for the CDC and one of the authors of the study published in the Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report, gave an example.
“If someone was 5’9” and weighed 203 pounds, that would be an example of being obese,” Galuska said.
Alabama trails behind 30.3 percent and Tennessee with 30.1 percent.
The South as a region has the highest obesity rate with 27.3 percent compared to 26.5 percent in the Midwest, 24.4 percent in the Northeast and 23.1 percent in the West.
Galuska said while the CDC hasn’t conducted a true study as to why the South houses such obesity, the agency does have its hypotheses.
“The South tends to have more black people and we also know that in blacks, the prevalence of obesity is higher,” Galuska said.
According to the study, black women topped out at an overall obesity prevalence of 39 percent and black men at 32.1 percent.
Another hypothesis is the kinds of food consumed in the South.
“Certainly what’s contributing is behaviors — we know that across the country there are different dietary patterns,” Galuska said. “Some food in the South has higher fat and added sugar.”
Natchez psychologist Dr. Patsy Pintard said this is definitely a factor.
“I think this is extremely relevant and maybe this is my own bias, but in the South we appreciate good food more than perhaps other areas of the country do,” she said.
Also, the social, hospitable and family-oriented nature of Southerners plays into this, too, she said.
When Southerners gather, they gather around the table.
“We are food oriented,” Pintard said. “We invite guests for dinner, we don’t take them out to eat, we have family gatherings at the home, not in hotels. Our social nature in the South, our love of hospitality in the South is a big factor.”
As a nation, Natchez Pediatrician Dr. David Timm — who sees a growing trend in overweight children — said the pervasiveness of fast food giants is a large factor in why society is steadily beefing up.
“We are bombarded with advertisements for food,” he said.
And the McDonaldization of society results in poor eating habits, even at home, he said.
“There are no requirements for preparation so people are very impulsive about eating and in families that are very busy, parents have a tendency not to have time and have patience to sit down and eat meals and so they use fast food in place of that,” Timm said.
Obesity mentality
Pintard said she does not put much weight in the idea of food addiction.
“I think the food addiction myth is overplayed, I really don’t see food addiction as the problem,” Pintard said.
She said that if that were the case, there would be no solution.
“Real addiction requires total abstinence and you can’t do that with food,”
she said.
She said the true problem is simply overeating.
“I really think that because there’s so much substance abuse and sexual addiction nowadays, people want to lump overeaters into an addiction category,” she said. “But I think addiction is just a term that people use for people who overeat.”
And overeating can simply arise from a love of food, or because of moods, she said.
But sometimes people’s reaction to consuming food isn’t always to over eat.
“Some people eat more when they’re depressed some people less,” Pintard said.
However, she said she believes mental health and overeating can go hand in hand.
“I think there’s a correlation between overeating and other psychological problems like self esteem, but what comes first?” Pintard asked.
Low self esteem may cause one to overeat. Or overeating may lead to one having low self esteem.
Timm said being overweight can lead to depression.
“There is an increased risk of depression,” he said of being obese. “You have a decreased motivation of life because your energy level is down because you are literally carrying more weight around.”
Some people can overeat due to boredom, Pintard said.
“If a person lacks enough stimulation in their life, whether it’s social stimulation or intellectual stimulation, yes they may,” she said.
She said overeating is mostly a behavioral problem, but it’s been recently discovered that some people overeat due to a genetic malfunction.
“The latest research indicated that people have trouble indicating their satiety point,” she said, meaning people will eat well past feeling full even though they truly are.
The solution
Galuska said the CDC set a goal in 2000 called “Healthy People 2010” which aimed for states to have an obesity rate of 15 percent or less.
No state met this goal. In fact, the trend over the years that the study has been conducted — over 20 years — has been steadily inclining.
The jump from 2005 to 2007 was almost 2 percent, and Galuska deducted that there has been “approximately a 1 percent increase across the years.”
“It’s a fairly consistent increase,” she said.
If nothing is done to halt the trend, it’s safe to say that in less than 20 years, half of Mississippi’s population will be obese.
And diabetes will take over.
Timm said the incidence of diabetes in children has rapidly increased.
“It’s going to be a health crisis,” he said. “In my practice, I might see a child with type 1, childhood onset, insulin deficiency diabetes, but now I am starting to see twice as many cases of type II, adult onset, and insulin insensitivity in children. That was something I never saw five and six years ago and that is largely due to obesity.
“You’re talking about an illness that has significant, immediate life changing consequences.”
Nationwide, Galuska said the CDC is concerned over the obesity prevalence.
“Our goal is to start reversing the trend, to start stopping it from going up and then start moving it back down,” she said.
While the Atlanta-based institution can try to attack the problem from a national standpoint, Galuska said the dilemma can be most effectively dealt with at a local level.
“Some examples would be trying to change the environment, change sidewalks, create access for places for physical activities, changing food options,” she said.
As far as ramping up physical activity, Pintard said Southern weather can be a bit of a stumbling block.
“In the last 10 years, our summers have gotten so hot that people cannot enjoy some of the outdoor activities that we used to,” Pintard said.
While the blazing, unbearable dog days of summer used to last between only four and six weeks, she said they now stretch throughout most of the summer.
However, Pintard said being active is the best way to combat overeating.
“We say that activity is incompatible with overeating,” she said. “You cannot take a walk and eat the whole time.”
Timm emphasized wise eating choices.
“The simpler the better,” he said. “Eat a good breakfast, a good lunch and a reasonable evening meal. Snacking is bad.”
He said such dieting methods like accounting for every calorie consumed isn’t truly the mentally healthiest option.
“Types of food, calorie counting and eating good food just becomes excuses to eat more,” he said.
“What you eat and when you eat will have more success in addressing obesity than you will with talking about how much you eat.”
Comments
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
And they say the way the older people ate was bad......Maybe we need ot go back ot raising our own food stop eating all this food that is shot up with stuff....
Posted by Gluttony (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 12:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Buurrrppp! My answer is "Stop Eating So Much"!
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Posted by TheSarge (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 1:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
There's no portion control in this town. Go to Breaud's and order the Blackened chicken pasta and you get enough to feed a family for 4. No wonder there are so many fat people in this town.
Posted by NtzMom55 (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 1:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Obesity in children is rapidly becoming an epidemic. One way to help combat the problem may be for school cafeterias to serve a healthy breakfast and lunch. BUT do you think the schools and individuals can afford the dramatic increase in costs? Just go to the store and buy a few fresh vegetables, fruit or a pound of ground round beef. The average Mississippians cannot afford that. It is much more feasible for people like pediatrician Dr. David Timm or psychologist Dr. Patsy Pintard to be able to afford the type of foods that a family needs to have to eat healthier. And it is also easier for others who can afford "the best foods" on the market so they, too, can eat to be heatlthier. Many people around here just cannot afford to make the healthiest food choice purchases. And many people who can afford it are much too quick to offer their judgement on those who do not have a choice. There are many factors that play a part in the obesity problem and economics is a major contribting one that does make a big difference.
Posted by frogprincenessntz (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 2:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I honestly do not think the main culprit in our obesity is candy. It is eating healthy foods like boiled cabbage, butterbeans, peas, homemade vegetable soup and red beans and rice, because we always team them up with the real culprit....cornbread. It will spike blood sugar faster than candy. And the way we cook the vegetables, with lots of pot liqueur to have something in which to soak our cornbread, is also part of the problem. We have cooked or soaked all the crunch out and our brains need the crunching noise to convince it that it has eaten, ergo we keep on eating the stuff long after enough, because it is sooo good. Just simply limiting cornbread to a very tiny sliver and adding a few raw carrots, celery sticks, or radishes as a side dish, will make a huge difference in a few months. The other thing that will help alot is to sweeten that sweet tea with Splenda.
Posted by shedevil (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 3:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
i think the problem is with the amount of food stamp most large people receive.i was in wal-mart the other day and a lady that was at least 400lbs had 2 buggies filled with top of the line junk food and paid for it with an ebt card.i think going back to the commodity program would help get most to eating healthy again...plus save us tax payers millions of dollars
Posted by frogprincenessntz (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 3:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
One other big factor in the obesity epidemic is the abundance of skinny headed people, you know the ones with not much between their ears. They want to look down on even slightly overweight people, put them down, and generally make their lives a living hell. It starts early in school and is allowed everywhere. It is ok with society to make fun of fat people, treat them with scorn and withhold all fellowship with them. This is turn makes the overweight person go to food for comfort. This is especially true with youngsters and compounds as they mature. Many times it is loved ones who say, "you have such a pretty face, but...", and the inference is fully understood that there is something wrong with you. Most overweight children are not wanted on sports teams where they might begin to enjoy exercise. I have yet to hear of a doctor who does something about the fat deposit on the top of the inner thigh on overweight people. It is one of the biggest impediments to free movement of the legs in something as simple as walking(watch an overweight person walk and you will see what I mean).
On another front, our summers are no hotter now that they were fifty years ago unless you choose to believe the tripe Al Gore shoots out. We have become addicted to air conditioning. The people who have never had it can withstand the heat.
Posted by goodwitch2008 (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 3:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I personally am not obese or overweight in any sense of the word. I'm 5'3 and I weigh in at 120 pounds.
I was about to get mighty irritated with Shedevil's comment about food stamps but then I finished reading it. I guess we can't control what people buy in the store though, but we can't hold it against those that honestly need those EBT cards to help pay for food. Everyone doesn't use the government for freebies.
Posted by Username (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 5:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Like I've said in my comments before... prepare yourselves for the war on obesity(even bigger government) the government telling us what we can eat and what we can't eat,just last week Calif. banned trans fat,what's next ice cream?
I've been seeing this coming for a long time, it will cost the taxpayers billions of dollars and the final result will be total regulation of our foods and more obesity than ever.That's not to mention the costs of people becoming disabled because they didn't eat right and exercise.
Posted by bombingeight (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 6:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh my! Big government is coming? Billions of tax dollars? Next we might see the idea that we should grow our own food stamps if we need them. Maybe it's time to accept personal responsibility for obesity? By eating sensibly, we can reduce real health expenditures of many billions due to obesity and even use less gasoline carrying our overweight selves around the country.
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Say what you will but this country got obese, and with it lazy, when McDonald's came around.
Posted by amyrenene (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 7:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I think it is a cultural thing....and, of course, the convenience of fast food. I can remember when I was a kid, eating cornbread and milk in a huge cup. Cornbread just goes with anything...cornbread and mustard greens...cornbread and black eyed peas....the good stuff "L". We definitely use any occasion to gather around food...and it is usually packed with calories/fat. and don't forget the good old southern fried chicken. That will always be a weakness!
Posted by Gimmeabreak (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 8:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good Morning all, first of all let me say that I agree that not only Mississippi, but our whole nation is too fat. However, I am a Registered Dietitian and have studied nutrition, psychology of nutrition, weight loss, effects of obesity, etc. The sources in the article do give some good information but some of it I dont agree with.
First of all, the BMI is not a good way to determine how obese someone is because it does not take into account muscle mass. For instance if you have a 6'0" 225 lb football player and 6'0" 225lb couch potato-they are going to have the same BMI because they are the same weight and height which is what BMI is based on. The football player would be told that he was overweight or obese. I also dont agree with Dr. Timm's recommendation of not snacking. Studies have shown that snacking is beneficial to weight loss because it helps keep your blood sugar at a normal level and prevents spikes and drops which leads to hunger and often overeating. Choosing the correct snacks is key-nuts, berries, yogurt, fruit, some of the produce out in grandpa's garden. Of course snacking on chips, sodas and cookies will make you gain weight. To lose or maintain weight-it is recommended to eat 3 moderate sized meals a day and 2-3 small snacks. I realize not everyone has time to do this but it is all about planning. This type of eating several small meals a day is crucial for diabetics-to keep their blood sugars in the normal range-and as we know-Mississippi is full of people with diabetes. Another thing is exercise- and it is true that is often unbearably hot but you can do other things such as swimming, workout videos indoors, go to a gym (if you can afford it). Walk early in the morning or late in the evening. BRING BACK PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS!!! I cant believe this was ever cut from the cirriculum. We had PE and recess and I dont remember there being many overweight children when I was a child.
Posted by notfromnatchez (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 9:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The food is definitely good in Fatchez.
Posted by justice (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you" Gimmeabreak " some people take everything they read
from the media as the literal gospel . Obesity is a national epidemic
in this country notfromnatchez .
Even if you cut back on the junk food your odds of having a heart attack or stroke from the artery clogging partially hydrogenated oils will eventually kill you . Restaurant food is loaded with this poison . Learn how to avoid this stuff . Read the labels and avoid foods that contain this poison . Do a google search about partially hydrogenated oils and
read how it's killing folks prematurely .
We need to learn how to eat healthy and avoid the fast food junk as much as possible .
Posted by starla (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 2:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If food prices keep going up, we'll all be skinny because we won't be able to afford to eat!
Posted by starla (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Seriously though, the next time you're out at the store, look around. A lot of the people in this area are overweight, kids included.
Kids these days would rather sit in the house and play their Playstations than go outside to ride their bikes, play ball, etc.
Posted by skippydammit (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wonder when/if the Churches in the Miss-Lou will begin preaching against the sin of GLUTTONY like they do the (sic) "sin" of alcohol?
Not holding my breath (or waistline for that matter....lol).
Seriously,
isn't GLUTTONY a terrible sin? Especially in our country while most of the world goes to bed HUNGRY each night....
Just putting it up there for consideration.....:)
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm doing my part for this poll. I'm gaining eveery day. I'm considering buying a laptop so I can lie on the couch and post nonsensical bits of fliberrish, fibberish, jibberish.
Really I've been on a diet since 1Jun and have lost 26 pounds. yay boy.
Posted by TheSarge (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 6:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Stop blaming the food. Its not the food that makes you fat... its you being a lazy slob that makes you fat. Get off your butt and get some physical exercise and you wont be a huge disguisting blob.
Posted by vanessag (anonymous) on July 27, 2008 at 6:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's not just the food you eat. What happened to the Physical Education classes in schools. Getting out on the playground and playing. Too much inside things for kids to do nowdays, like Video games, T.V, Stereos, MP3 Players. And instead of the parents cooking something to eat, it's easier to go out to the fast food restaurants and get food. What about getting a job, (it may not be the job you want right then, but at least you will have an income and will be getting a little exercise, instead of being a couch potato). Also what about the well balanced meals in school, like we use to have, instead of hamburgers, fries, chicken nuggets, tacos; all the things that are high in fat.
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 2:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Use to the kids could go play outside,ride there bike, go to the creek etc..Now they can't...I agree with they stay inside way to much now....
I also agree it cost to much to eat healthy....People are struggling with these gas prices,utility, and food going up so much now they are eating what they can afford!
Posted by crawgator (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 6:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I am physically disabled and I bet I lost 5 pounds yesterday just sitting outside. 5'10" 180# 4%bf 96%BS. It's all mind over matter, if you don't mind being a fat ass it don't matter............
Posted by humorme (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 8:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is the only country in the world where its poorest state is also its fattest! If you come from the poorest region of other countries you have the exact opposite problem, You are starving!
The Govt. wants you to be fat! The Romans had a policy of Bread and circus. Feed the people and keep them entertained. That way they are less likely to complain about their situation. I think our policies aren't so far off!
Posted by motown (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 9:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
MCDONALDS DOLLAR MENU HAS SINGLE HANDILY MADE US THE FATEST STATE. LONG LIVE THE $1 DOUBLE CHEESEBUERGER!!
Posted by lajazzlvr (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 10:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
There are many good points in the comments above. It is expensive to eat healthy. Most social gathering that I've been to in the south does center around food, because southerner are some of the most hospitible people. I don't think that we can blame obesity on the food alone, however, we need to learn to eat in moderation and engage in physical activity. Our kid learn from us, good habits or bad. Many times if we are inactive, then so are they. We need to focus on making the next generation healthier. With that said, I certainly wouldn't judge anyone, simply because they are overweight, because you don't know what their challenges have been.
Posted by reader (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I read that we are the fattest state. 2 months ago there was an article in the Democrat that said we were the "hungriest" state. So how is that? I am perplexed. Are the wrong people eating?
Posted by Morticia (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 3:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I guess so reader.
Posted by drawpaintsing (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 3:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The last tile I posted something about my weight, I got called a horse. What diet are you on, Hardcorps? Congratulations.
Posted by drawpaintsing (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 3:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I meant , "The last time I poste......" I am so tired.
Posted by james (anonymous) on July 28, 2008 at 4:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
( Courthouse public records ) this headline should be taken off the links page !
May be add a place for readers to post complaints !
Posted by harjedalen (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 3:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Fattest State in the Fattest nation in the world.
Posted by NatchezEnema (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 8:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Eat to live, Don't live to eat. CHOMP, CHOMP, SMACK SMACK!
Posted by lambchop (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I can easily tell you how I became overweight -- down right fat!
First of all as a youngster I was OUTSIDE playing -- running with my friends and playing outside active games.
Second, after I graduated from high school I went to work. At first I did not own a car so at lunch time I would walk from my place of work to Kress's or to the Home Bakery for lunch. (Home Bakery had the best sandwiches in town) and then would walk back to work.
Third, I bought a car and where I used to walk I now rode. My eating level never changed but my activity level changed greatly. After my first job I went to my second job where we had food all the time. Good cooks like to eat and many times we would bring and eat at work. No activity at all during the day when you sit behind a desk, ride to and from.
I confess I was not into sports so my activity level continue to drop. Most of my friends at that time were in college and I was here working. My co-workers were about the same as I was in the activity department. We liked to out and have a drink and a good meal after work.
So--- the weight began to creep on. Later in life health problems came and again my activity level is that of a couch-potato; however, I am not in front of the tv but in front of the computer.
I am losing weight but will never regain the youthful figure. The only way that works for me is portion control. I do get off now and again but then return. I have lost 14 pounds since December but have regained 4 -- so am working hard again to watch the in-between unhealthy snacks. Very hard to not want the chips and sodas. Sodas are my big down-fall.
No excuses -- good food and no exercise are a dangerous combination.
I am glad to see many children who get out and play soccer and other outdoor games. Encourage activity and it would be best to see family activities.
Posted by thetruthhurts (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 11:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I think I would have to hurt whoever took this photo..... lmao....
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 11:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
lambchop, seems that some agree with your theory
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25890997
Of course we are fat, look at our Mississippi governor, lol.
Posted by mudd (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 12:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
eat less, move more...
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 3 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lambchop remember the "ham" burger with cole slaw at Home Bakery? Make a bulldog break a chain.
Posted by xfloodman (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 9:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The whole problem stems with the free giveaway of taxpayers money: food stamps for those who are able to work,but are to damn lazy. Crazy checks for those who go to the doctor and act totally stupid and yes the taxpayers will pick up this tab too. And please do not let me leave out the welfare checks so that the mommas of all of the ilegimate kids out here can make sure that that all have at least 4 or 5 bags of greazy potatoe chips each and every day. It makes me sick to my freakin stomach to see these people in their fuzzy house shoes at the first of the month in the grocery store pushing one buggy full of meat and pulling one with everything else in it. Call a spade a spade.
Posted by texasranger (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 9:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I always like the Freebie sections. SInce the subject was brought up and it only costs billions a year. Lets have peek at what sammahon said was trivial..This is just a drop in the bucket to all the programs for illegals. Letter by a Florida teacher................ A teacher speaks
This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have adult students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens and who get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back required) plus other federal grants to go to school?
One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't want me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting a PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money leftover.
She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for gas to come to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program (check it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I just mentioned told me she was not going to be a US Citizen because she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday and that she 'loves HER country.'
I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US is giving her and then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for!
I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you ARE a US Citizen, you don't qualify for their program. And all the while, I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.
Something is wrong here. I am sorry but after hearing they want to sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough is enough. Nowhere did they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German or any other language because of immigration. It was written by Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way it was written. The news broadcasts even gave the translation -- not even close. Sorry if this offends anyone but this is MY COUNTRY.
IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP -- please pass this along. I am not against immigration -- just come through like everyone else.
Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your taxes, live by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other immigrants have in the past -- and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Posted by texasranger (anonymous) on July 29, 2008 at 10:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I worked 44 years and my retirement isn,t near that much...Actually its LEGALIZED THEFT>>>Its interesting that the federal government provides a
Single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00
And each can also get an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of$2,470.00 .
This compares very well to a single pensioner who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.
Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Lets send this to all Americans, so we can all be ticked off
And maybe we can get the refugees cut back to
$1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470 00 and enjoy some of the money we
Were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 years.
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