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How could this be??? america is a CAPITALISTIC nation, everyone is RICH AND LIVE IN MANSIONS? How could a nation calling itself the largest exporter of food in the world have MILLIONS ESSENTIALLY STARVING!!!!
One in seven Americans short of food
Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:24pm EST
By Charles Abbott and Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 49 million Americans -- one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday.
While Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said programs such as food stamps softened the impact of an economic recession, anti-hunger groups pointed to the huge increase from the preceding year when 36.2 million people had trouble getting enough food and a third of them occasionally went hungry.
"The survey suggested that things could be much worse but for the fact that we have extensive food assistance programs," Vilsack told reporters. "This is a great opportunity to put a spotlight on this problem."
About 14.6 percent of U.S. households, equal to 49.1 million people, "had difficulty obtaining food for all their members due to a lack of resources" during 2008, up 3.5 percentage points from 2007 when 11.1 percent of households were classified as food insecure.
About 5.7 percent of households, or 17.3 million people, had "very low food security," meaning some members of the household had to eat less. Typically, food runs short in those households for a few days in seven or eight months of the year, USDA said.
President Barack Obama called the USDA report "unsettling" and vowed to reverse the trend of rising hunger.
"Our children's ability to grow, learn, and meet their full potential -- and therefore our future competitiveness as a nation -- depends on regular access to healthy meals," Obama said in a statement.
USDA's annual report was based on a survey conducted in December 2008, soon after financial markets slumped and when the jobless rate was marching toward its current 10.2 percent.
"The numbers are even worse than people otherwise believed," said Jim Weill of the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group. "We all know we have the worst downturn since the Depression."
David Beckmann of the anti-hunger group Bread for the World
called for stronger federal anti-hunger programs.
"The recession has made the problem of hunger worse, and it has also made it more visible," he said.
Vilsack said the report represented "an opportunity here for the country to make a major commitment to end childhood hunger by 2015," an administration goal. He called on Congress to make it easier for poor children to get free school meals and to improve the nutritional quality of those meals.
Child nutrition programs, which cost about $24 billion a year, are overdue for renewal but Congress is not expected to act before 2010. The administration backs a $1 billion increase but has not found offsetting cuts at USDA to pay for it.
The number of Americans receiving food stamp assistance soared above 36 million for the first time in August, the eighth month in a row that enrollment set a record, the USDA said earlier this month.
As part of the stimulus package, food stamp benefits were raised temporarily through September 2010. Vilsack said it was too early to judge if the increase should become permanent.
(Editing by Jim Marshall)
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Yeah..
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I just had a big ham sandwich. And not the lunch meat ham. I'm talking a honeybaked ham. Those leftovers are awesome with cheddar and mayo on a bun.
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take up hunting
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I just had a big ham sandwich. And not the lunch meat ham. I'm talking a honeybaked ham. Those leftovers are awesome with cheddar and mayo on a bun.
sounds good.
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I suppose the starvation statistics of people in socialist countries are much better. Oh wait, nope. ::)
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I suppose the starvation statistics of people in socialist countries are much better. Oh wait, nope. ::)
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sounds good.
I've been eating kinda bad for a week. Wifey made a ham this weekend and I don't even want fast food. today i was starving but drove right past mcd to get home and enjoy more of these ham leftovers.
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I've been eating kinda bad for a week. Wifey made a ham this weekend and I don't even want fast food. today i was starving but drove right past mcd to get home and enjoy more of these ham leftovers.
240 - you really need to consider the PM I sent you.
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This is an utter lie.ANYONE in this country who wants food gets food.Another left wing lie to spur on more government spending.
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people in this country have been starving for decades.
in recent years, food banks have their inventories low.
All of these middle class people laid off still need to eat and feed their children.
War vets who can't make the adjustment to "regular" life.
Seniors who once depended on pensions and SS....
This is not a laughing matter.
Sandra
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Yeah..the world is ending..when was the last time u went to a mall or resturant....packed. War vet.... ::)
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Americans think they're starving as soon as the bacon grease on their chin gets dry.
Only in America can you have "starvation" concerns when the majority of the population is overweight.
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Americans think they're starving as soon as the bacon grease on their chin gets dry.
Only in America can you have "starvation" concerns when the majority of the population is overweight.
Obviously you don't get out much.. America is in BAD SHAPE IN ALL AREAS including food. Poorly nurished people are often obese due to eating foods that are calorie high but nutritionally poor. Example fast food restaurants sell food for a dollar, yet nutritionally it is VERY POOR. However if the populace is strapped for cash they have to eat whatever they can afford. Ever notice that it is cheaper to buy a 2 to 3 litre bottle of soda than it is to buy even a 1 litre bottle of water? Cheaper to go to fast food places than to go to ANY supermarket and buy a single head of lettuce, a single crown of broccli and a single cucumber. Poverty in america is EXTREMELY HIGH and this 49 million are making choices according to their wages. Sadly they don't have a choice but to buy the JUNK FOOD. There is a documentary called FOOD INC. that addresses this.
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Obviously you don't get out much.. America is in BAD SHAPE IN ALL AREAS including food. Poorly nurished people are often obese due to eating foods that are calorie high but nutritionally poor. Example fast food restaurants sell food for a dollar, yet nutritionally it is VERY POOR. However if the populace is strapped for cash they have to eat whatever they can afford. Ever notice that it is cheaper to buy a 2 to 3 litre bottle of soda than it is to buy even a 1 litre bottle of water? Cheaper to go to fast food places than to go to ANY supermarket and buy a single head of lettuce, a single crown of broccli and a single cucumber. Poverty in america is EXTREMELY HIGH and this 49 million are making choices according to their wages. Sadly they don't have a choice but to buy the JUNK FOOD. There is a documentary called FOOD INC. that addresses this.
Haha, so much bullshit in that post it's amusing.
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As much as u would love this bullshit to be true...its not. Sure some people are hurting...its always like that. U can't get near a resturant here in El Paso..u know the Orange county of Texas. ::). Here our poor are fat..have 50 inch plasma's and spinners on their cars...poor people where ur from die in the street and get dumped in a ditch.
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As much as u would love this bullshit to be true...its not. Sure some people are hurting...its always like that. U can't get near a resturant here in El Paso..u know the Orange county of Texas. ::). Here our poor are fat..have 50 inch plasma's and spinners on their cars...poor people where ur from die in the street and get dumped in a ditch.
El Paso... THE GHETTO OF TEXAS... now I understand why you have the mindset you have H
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Let's face it - this is the US
Starving probably means 7 big macs a day instead of 9.
America on restricted calories is a blessing.
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Um..I'm not from here u moron...I leave for Iraq in 4 days. I've spent 45 days here in the last 5 months and won't be on the ground more then 30 after I get back from Iraq.....headed to Tampa, another area teaming with millions of resturants full of people.
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Um..I'm not from here u moron...I leave for Iraq in 4 days. I've spent 45 days here in the last 5 months and won't be on the ground more then 30 after I get back from Iraq.....headed to Tampa, another area teaming with millions of resturants full of people.
Are you going to be able to post while you qare deployed?
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Obviously you don't get out much.. America is in BAD SHAPE IN ALL AREAS including food. Poorly nurished people are often obese due to eating foods that are calorie high but nutritionally poor. Example fast food restaurants sell food for a dollar, yet nutritionally it is VERY POOR. However if the populace is strapped for cash they have to eat whatever they can afford. Ever notice that it is cheaper to buy a 2 to 3 litre bottle of soda than it is to buy even a 1 litre bottle of water? Cheaper to go to fast food places than to go to ANY supermarket and buy a single head of lettuce, a single crown of broccli and a single cucumber. Poverty in america is EXTREMELY HIGH and this 49 million are making choices according to their wages. Sadly they don't have a choice but to buy the JUNK FOOD. There is a documentary called FOOD INC. that addresses this.
Are you just making this up as you go along? Your pricing comparisons are totally wrong.
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Obviously you don't get out much.. America is in BAD SHAPE IN ALL AREAS including food. Poorly nurished people are often obese due to eating foods that are calorie high but nutritionally poor. Example fast food restaurants sell food for a dollar, yet nutritionally it is VERY POOR. However if the populace is strapped for cash they have to eat whatever they can afford. Ever notice that it is cheaper to buy a 2 to 3 litre bottle of soda than it is to buy even a 1 litre bottle of water? Cheaper to go to fast food places than to go to ANY supermarket and buy a single head of lettuce, a single crown of broccli and a single cucumber. Poverty in america is EXTREMELY HIGH and this 49 million are making choices according to their wages. Sadly they don't have a choice but to buy the JUNK FOOD. There is a documentary called FOOD INC. that addresses this.
This is a very serious problem, and I'm surprised some people are unable to get past their usual grievances and simply acknowledge what has been and is taking place. It's true.
And some areas of the country have been hit harder than others. My good friends live in Las Vegas, and that area has been hit very hard by the economic collapse. While they are well off, it breaks their hearts to see the tent cities that have sprung up around Nevada, and they ARE there. Just to say, there's no hunger or starvation in America because restaurant parking lots are full is ridiculous.
Over in Saudi Arabia and Dubai, there are teenagers driving around in ferrarris. Doesn't mean there aren't those scrounging for their next meal. Go to India and see how many multi-millionaires there are, ...doesn't mean everyone in India lives like that.
C'mon guys, stop with the jingoism. It's okay to admit there are problems in your home country. It doesn't mean you love your country any less, or that the things that make your country great cease to exist. Look at me, ...I LOVE MY COUNTRY. I think Canada is the best country to live in (except for the winters... they blow chunks), but I can acknowledge there are serious issues in my country that need to be dealt with. And I can also acknowledge that while we are fabulous in certain areas, and have good reason to be proud of our accomplishments, ...we also have situations in those very same areas, where we have failed miserably and have neither lived up to our potential, nor our promises, as a nation. Does this acknowledgement make me unpatriotic, or anti-Canadian? No. I'm still Janey Canuck, and probably will be til the day I die, but I can at least look at reality and be honest, both with myself and the world.
Thanks for posting the article Sampson.
Can we all stop with the insults, name calling and trying to get under each others skins.
Can't Sampson, HH6, and BezerkFury just kiss and make up, ...or am I smoking crack?
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Are you going to be able to post while you qare deployed?
Yup....I'm gonna do pics for u guys etc as well. I will post a goodbye thread sometime on saturday. I will have both work and trailer internet. I rate my own trailer or whatever so I'll have cable and hadijinet.
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Yup....I'm gonna do pics for u guys etc as well. I will post a goodbye thread sometime on saturday. I will have both work and trailer internet. I rate my own trailer or whatever so I'll have cable and hadijinet.
Be safe. My self defense instructor just got back from there. He is Lt. Col. in the marines and would always send us stuff too. Be safe.
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Are you just making this up as you go along? Your pricing comparisons are totally wrong.
Ya, some of the price comparisons are a little off, ...he used some unfortunate examples, but other than that it is a pretty accurate assessment of the situation. When a bottle of soda containing deadly aspartame that causes brain ulcers is priced less expensively than the fruit juice, there's a problem. When a loaf of Wonderbread is priced less expensively than a loaf of 12 grain bread, consumers are paying a very heavy cost. There is a very high cost to be paid for low prices.
It's like I always say, when you look at the price before you look at the value, ...you really are looking in the wrong sequence. Unfortunately, lower income consumers don't have choices. Their pocketbooks dictate their decisions. :'(
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Yup....I'm gonna do pics for u guys etc as well. I will post a goodbye thread sometime on saturday. I will have both work and trailer internet. I rate my own trailer or whatever so I'll have cable and hadijinet.
Stay safe while over there. I don't want your new bride becoming a widow just yet.
I wanna have the priviledge of making her a widow myself. :P ;)
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And some areas of the country have been hit harder than others. My good friends live in Las Vegas, and that area has been hit very hard by the economic collapse. While they are well off, it breaks their hearts to see the tent cities that have sprung up around Nevada, and they ARE there. Just to say, there's no hunger or starvation in America because restaurant parking lots are full is ridiculous.
Jag,
First, the tent cities are gone, moved to make room for a construction project.
Second, soup kitchens are underutilized.
Third, here's a pic of the so-called "starving". There's no doubt that there are people who are hurting, mentally ill who refuse proper nourishment, or the occasional sicko parent that starves their kids. But trying to portray this as some rampant starvation problem in this country is bullshit.
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Obviously you don't get out much.. America is in BAD SHAPE IN ALL AREAS including food. Poorly nurished people are often obese due to eating foods that are calorie high but nutritionally poor. Example fast food restaurants sell food for a dollar, yet nutritionally it is VERY POOR. However if the populace is strapped for cash they have to eat whatever they can afford. Ever notice that it is cheaper to buy a 2 to 3 litre bottle of soda than it is to buy even a 1 litre bottle of water? Cheaper to go to fast food places than to go to ANY supermarket and buy a single head of lettuce, a single crown of broccli and a single cucumber. Poverty in america is EXTREMELY HIGH and this 49 million are making choices according to their wages. Sadly they don't have a choice but to buy the JUNK FOOD. There is a documentary called FOOD INC. that addresses this.
fat people aren't starving. You do realize this, right?
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Yup....I'm gonna do pics for u guys etc as well. I will post a goodbye thread sometime on saturday. I will have both work and trailer internet. I rate my own trailer or whatever so I'll have cable and hadijinet.
Even though I rarely agree with your posts I wish you well and hope you come back in one piece. It must suck leaving right before the holidays.
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Even though I rarely agree with your posts I wish you well and hope you come back in one piece. It must suck leaving right before the holidays.
Uh Huh... A one piece box.
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This is a very serious problem, and I'm surprised some people are unable to get past their usual grievances and simply acknowledge what has been and is taking place. It's true.
And some areas of the country have been hit harder than others. My good friends live in Las Vegas, and that area has been hit very hard by the economic collapse. While they are well off, it breaks their hearts to see the tent cities that have sprung up around Nevada, and they ARE there. Just to say, there's no hunger or starvation in America because restaurant parking lots are full is ridiculous.
Over in Saudi Arabia and Dubai, there are teenagers driving around in ferrarris. Doesn't mean there aren't those scrounging for their next meal. Go to India and see how many multi-millionaires there are, ...doesn't mean everyone in India lives like that.
C'mon guys, stop with the jingoism. It's okay to admit there are problems in your home country. It doesn't mean you love your country any less, or that the things that make your country great cease to exist. Look at me, ...I LOVE MY COUNTRY. I think Canada is the best country to live in (except for the winters... they blow chunks), but I can acknowledge there are serious issues in my country that need to be dealt with. And I can also acknowledge that while we are fabulous in certain areas, and have good reason to be proud of our accomplishments, ...we also have situations in those very same areas, where we have failed miserably and have neither lived up to our potential, nor our promises, as a nation. Does this acknowledgement make me unpatriotic, or anti-Canadian? No. I'm still Janey Canuck, and probably will be til the day I die, but I can at least look at reality and be honest, both with myself and the world.
Thanks for posting the article Sampson.
Can we all stop with the insults, name calling and trying to get under each others skins.
Can't Sampson, HH6, and BezerkFury just kiss and make up, ...or am I smoking crack?
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Your the biggest name caller on here,you idiot.
First of all,we have food stamps,food kitchens,churches,kids get free breakfast and lunch in schools.This is utter non sense.If you want to eat you can eat.
The problem is these people are ignorant.When they get their food stamps,instead of buying things like potatos,eggs,penut butter,they order a pizza delivered.You starve here because your are an idiot with ZERO sense in your head.
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Uh Huh... A one piece box.
HH6 never wishes you death and I and most others would appreciate you didnt do the same on him.
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HH6 never wishes you death and I and most others would appreciate you didnt do the same on him.
You must not read his posts 3! H spends his entire time expressing CALLOUS DISREGARD for the life/lives of any and everyone but himself. His deployment will be a wake up call for his simple ass like he has never experienced before. when he is at the mercy of others who see him as the ENEMY SENT BY AMERICA, when the bullets tear his flesh, when he realizes his life is slipping and/or could slip away from him at any moment, his perspective on life, war, humanity, cultures, customs, religious beliefs, women and all will change for the better.... it will become all the more clear upon his return (maybe) when the same government he worships adds insult to injury when they casts him aside like an old shoe when he is in need of help.
H reminds me of the WWII vets, Korean vets, Vietnam vets who in advanced ages still prance around in their uniforms on "appropriate days" talking about how they killed so many of the "enemy", how they hate the "communist", how they despies those of a particular "religious belief" even though at this point everyone has been made aware of the LIES by the US government concerning WWII, Koren War, Vietnam war an let us not forget this attack on Islam an the Middle East. There is no shame, there is no sorrow, there is no remorse in these people for their part in killing MILLIONS of people in these wars, though they themselves are crippled, handicapped, impoverished and neglected by the same government that sent them into these other nations as ASSASSINS.
I respect NO ONE (not even H) who has no respect for the lives, culture, land (as H has too many times expressed) of others, so long as those others are not actively attacking you or your nation FOR NO REASON. The winning over of people and nations is quite easy when you have shown yourself/nation to be trustworthy and wanting for the best... Sadly america has NEVER shown itself to be such a place.... and neither does its soldiers.
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You must not read his posts 3! H spends his entire time expressing CALLOUS DISREGARD for the life/lives of any and everyone but himself. His deployment will be a wake up call for his simple ass like he has never experienced before. when he is at the mercy of others who see him as the ENEMY SENT BY AMERICA, when the bullets tear his flesh, when he realizes his life is slipping and/or could slip away from him at any moment, his perspective on life, war, humanity, cultures, customs, religious beliefs, women and all will change for the better.... it will become all the more clear upon his return (maybe) when the same government he worships adds insult to injury when they casts him aside like an old shoe when he is in need of help.
H reminds me of the WWII vets, Korean vets, Vietnam vets who in advanced ages still prance around in their uniforms on "appropriate days" talking about how they killed so many of the "enemy", how they hate the "communist", how they despies those of a particular "religious belief" even though at this point everyone has been made aware of the LIES by the US government concerning WWII, Koren War, Vietnam war an let us not forget this attack on Islam an the Middle East. There is no shame, there is no sorrow, there is no remorse in these people for their part in killing MILLIONS of people in these wars, though they themselves are crippled, handicapped, impoverished and neglected by the same government that sent them into these other nations as ASSASSINS.
I respect NO ONE (not even H) who has no respect for the lives, culture, land (as H has too many times expressed) of others, so long as those others are not actively attacking you or your nation FOR NO REASON. The winning over of people and nations is quite easy when you have shown yourself/nation to be trustworthy and wanting for the best... Sadly america has NEVER shown itself to be such a place.... and neither does its soldiers.
This is a hilarious post. And completely hypocritical. Weren't you the retard wishing death upon the American hikers that were arrested in Iran? Or how you're on the record calling for the deaths of everyone who isn't black or Muslim. You're seriously going to try to take the moral high ground with the posts you've made on here? Shut up already.
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U realize that this is my 3rd combat deployment right...all the flesh tearing, not sure..alot of AK rounds bounched off my tanks, then my boys let em the f up. SAMSON ur an epic idiot. I've been all over the world dipshit....I don't need ur nets eye view of the world. It really must suck not to matter. All those vets ur talking about..they built this country..people like u suck off our good graces.