Tip of the iceberg.... but I question why this is not being 'means tested' -- not only for assets but for ability. There are many elderly with no assets and no ability to generate additional income. Don't want to see them suffer...

Food banks, churches and other organizations are really going to have to ramp-up over the next few years, as these cut-backs start to pick up steam.

We have a local lady who my wife talks to just about everday... she walks our neighborhood. A few weeks ago, she asked my wife if she could borrow a cup of rice -- turns out she had not eaten in a week. What pisses me off about this... her son, is a deputy (almost wanted to say what county... in TEXAS). Why would he let his mother go hungry?

We got her through to the end of the month and are trying to get her to go to a food bank and get other assistance -- she is too embarrassed at this point to go (and I hope she does, I have too many people - not immediate family - counting on me now for money, food, college, healthcare, etc.. - and I am tired of being broke.)

She had a toilet to shit in -- but no toilet paper. The day I don't have a solid roll of toilet paper is the day I go postal...