Sure, that would make sense, but it does not account for why Colorado, state-wide, is using so much less of its federal dollars than other states. Most states have higher and lower cost of living areas.
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Sure, that would make sense, but it does not account for why Colorado, state-wide, is using so much less of its federal dollars than other states. Most states have higher and lower cost of living areas.
uscitizen
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In KY I think it is higher in the rural areas. less jobs.
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The Almighty
http://www.frac.org/State_Of_States/2007/states/US.pdf
There is your answer... the national participation rate is 60%. Colorado is 57%. So it is about the same... cost of living could be that difference, as could the fact that people are using the city and county programs more here than they do elsewhere.
by the way... NY is at 53%...
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The Almighty
"Colorado ranked 37th out of 50 states in food stamp participation. Missouri was first, with 84 percent of those eligible requesting aid. "
But Colorado is still kind of low. That is my point. Coming in at 37 they are below average and there can be no harm in this state outreach program.
Thanks for showing me how low NY is. We certainly need a similar outreach program, and you can be sure I will put that on my list.
Well, if you can't provide a trancript to this alleged ad, there's nothing more I can comment on.
If you think its a waste of money, I wonder if you think ads for the US Army is a waste of money.
Everyone knows about the US Army, to coin a turn of phrase that you and SF used.
I personally think these ads, if they exist, are outreach for an under utilized social service, that coloradans are entitled too. I don't have a problem with that, in principle.
uscitizen
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Yep a RED oneperhaps... but KY is a bassakwards state...
Well, by the standards of the story they are woefully underfed in NY.
DigitalDave
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Yeah, Army ads are a waste..
Yes. I do think ads for the military are a waste of cash.
Based Chad
Was it me?
Don't hate me because the girls like me, and they consider you a freak.
The question raised on this thread, was why would a state have an outreach program for foodstamps?
Darla and I suggested it was because outreach may have been needed, because a lot of people who are eligible, aren’t getting the services - for a variety of valid and understandable reasons.
That assertion was roundly laughed off by anonymous message board posters.
However, that assertion appears to be entirely valid according to experts.
Darla and I suggested it was because outreach may have been needed, because a lot of people who are eligible, aren’t getting the services - for a variety of valid and understandable reasons.
That assertion was roundly laughed off by anonymous message board posters.
However, that assertion appears to be entirely valid according to experts.
Based Chad
Was it me?
You're more precisely idiotic and cowardly for calling people liars about an add instead of just addressing the issue on a hypothetical basis.
Translation: "God damn it! Why do the girls like cypress? Why does he get laid, and I can't?"
Based Chad
Was it me?
Translation: "God damn it! Why do the girls like cypress? Why does he get laid, and I can't?"
No. It's: "Why is cypress such an evasive moron who can't address an issue, even in a hypothetical sense, and instead demands a transcript of a commercial. what a laughable idiot he is"
The question raised on this thread, was why would a state have an outreach program for foodstamps?
Darla and I suggested it was because outreach may have been needed, because a lot of people who are eligible, aren’t getting the services - for a variety of valid and understandable reasons.
That assertion was roundly laughed off by anonymous message board posters.
However, that assertion appears to be entirely valid according to experts.
LOL
By the way, it should be noted that the more current story, well the one from an actual newspaper, shows a significant "improvement" in Colorado, from 5th worst to 13th... 
(Intersting how your blogspot shows a marked difference, maybe they aren't being accurate?) And all that improvement happened without any commercials, just reporting on the 2004 data. Who do you trust? Your blogspot or the newspaper?
I will also note that the study that was in the first one shows CO to be 37th, not 45th as in the second post of a different 'interpretation' by a blog of the same study.
Where does California rank now? Or can you go back even further and find one that pretends to show current reality, and how the commercials are helping when they haven't been on the air until just recently even though there has been an increase in usage?
Anyway, from your first, and more accurate story:
Anyway, which story is accurate? The one from the news source you posted earlier, or the one from the blog? Both show usage from 2004, one says CO is at 36%, the other 56%.
Did you have to search hard to find one that was "worse" than your first story?
(Intersting how your blogspot shows a marked difference, maybe they aren't being accurate?) And all that improvement happened without any commercials, just reporting on the 2004 data. Who do you trust? Your blogspot or the newspaper?I will also note that the study that was in the first one shows CO to be 37th, not 45th as in the second post of a different 'interpretation' by a blog of the same study.
Where does California rank now? Or can you go back even further and find one that pretends to show current reality, and how the commercials are helping when they haven't been on the air until just recently even though there has been an increase in usage?
Anyway, from your first, and more accurate story:
Anyway, which story is accurate? The one from the news source you posted earlier, or the one from the blog? Both show usage from 2004, one says CO is at 36%, the other 56%.
Did you have to search hard to find one that was "worse" than your first story?