Both use of and eligibility for food stamps are at a record high in the great U.S.A. in 2012, leaving roughly 1 out of 7 households using them and 1 out of 4 people able to collect them based on the current guidelines.

 However, often times while hiking and camping (or as I like to say "playing homeless") I notice the following signs...

We are discouraged from feeding wildlife because it may lead to a state of dependency on hand feeding, as well as a potential threat to those who are feeding them.  But somehow it is A-OK to develop and foster this condition among people.  Before you know it, circus bears will be putting chrome rims on their unicycles...