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The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people -- including almost one child in four -- struggled last year to get enough to eat.
The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people -- including almost one child in four -- struggled last year to get enough to eat.
Is the U.S. really a modern, "first world" country with numbers like that?
And 98% percent of American households have a television set. I guess we have an idea of what is truly important to parents, don't we?
Personally, I am more concerned with the statistic that as many as 60 percent of elderly people are undernourished. After all, kids can get free breakfasts and lunches in school, but the elderly cannot.
Here is a point that might drill through the hard headed/hard nosed Conservatives.
One in four children without adequate food probably will lack adequate health/dental care also. These children will grow up watching demonstrations of overweight senior citizens who protest against UHC while demanding no cuts to their Medicare.
When these children grow up, how motivated will they be to help and care for senior citizens or the elderly?
And 98% percent of American households have a television set. I guess we have an idea of what is truly important to parents, don't we?
Televisions are cheap and are a one-time purchase. The need for food never ends. I'm not sure what your point is, really. Is it that if people didn't buy TVs, they wouldn't have trouble buying food for their kids?
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kids can get free breakfasts and lunches in school, but the elderly cannot.
And I'd say that children are more helpless than elderly adults. Plus, most children under 6 years old aren't in school.
I think this number will decrease significantly if parents laid out some priorities. My parents lived in poverty for over a decade, with three kids, putting themselves through college, and we NEVER went hungry. Did we eat uber nice meals all the time like we do now? Of course not, but we did eat 3 meals a day. Free school lunches helped though, I'm not gonna lie.
Also, on that note. I guess I'm a special case in a lot of ways. Lots of my peers DEPENDED on school breakfast and lunch because their parents couldn't make dinner sometimes, sooooo yeah. I guess lots of kids wouldn't have adequate food considering that lil detail.
And 98% percent of American households have a television set. I guess we have an idea of what is truly important to parents, don't we?
Personally, I am more concerned with the statistic that as many as 60 percent of elderly people are undernourished. After all, kids can get free breakfasts and lunches in school, but the elderly cannot.
20yrsinBranson
I didn't see these statistics in the OP's link. Were they there and I missed them? If not, could you please supply a reference or link to those statistics?
Perhaps many parents don't know how to do that. They need help.
I agree, but if the government started suggesting guidelines, then the conservative whaaambalance will pop out of the shadows and start complaining about the govt trying to raise America's kids again.
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