If the government would put as much effort into solving poverty as it does on domestic spying...
...and defense.....the country would have nobody going without food.
But apparently this opinion is far too progressive for an authoritarian state that feels it is entitled to control everything and know everything about everyone...
How many billions are we spending building Bluffdale in Utah? How many millions a year will it costs to run and maintain it? At least we have the illusion of safety, I suppose.
.....the USDA and Feeding America reported: “Hunger Reaches Record High: 1 In 6 Americans at Risk of Hunger.”
The USDA’s Food Security in the United States found that that more than 50 million Americans and 1 in 4 children were at risk of hunger in 2009.
14.7 percent of households were food insecure, or did not have “access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members”. Additionally, 9 percent of U.S. households had low food security, or did not have to skip meals but still lived under a tight food budget and received assistance from federal food programs.
The study also detailed the demographics of food-insecure households. Among its findings, households below the poverty line made up 43 percent of food insecure groups, and single women with children were the second largest group at risk of food insecurity at 36.6 percent.
http://indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/hunger-america-increases-studies-find/
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