Green Shoots!

That's a lot of kids:

Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.

[...]

The analysis was released Monday in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The authors say it's a medical issue pediatricians need to be aware of because children on food stamps are at risk for malnutrition and other ills linked with poverty.

"This is a real danger sign that we as a society need to do a lot more to protect children," [sociologist Mark] Rank said.

Actually, Mr. Rank is wrong: We all know that only "preborn children" deserve protection. Actual living, breathing, walking-around children can go pound sand (or work in a coal mine for their suppers).

It's the American way.

.