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Old 02-28-2013, 05:40 PM
 
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No, we mean hunger. Hunger because there is not enough food in the house, not even rice and beans.

Like these kids. " Doctors at Boston Medical Center's Grow Clinic, which provides assistance to children diagnosed with "failure to thrive," say they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of children they treat who are dangerously thin.

"What's so hard is that a lot of families are working so hard," said Dr. Megan Sandel, an associate professor of pediatrics and public health at BMC. "They are working jobs. They are earning money and their dollars just don't go far enough."

Do you want to remain ignorant? Can you spare literally 3 minutes of your time? Why don't you go and watch one of the videos posted. Here's one:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/US/hunger-children-america-slow-steady-starvation/story?id=14328390"]
B . S .

How do you expect me to take you seriously when you say people can not afford rice and beans? Clearly that is because they are buying something instead, something not as important as food. Do they have cable tv? Do they get their nails and hair done? Do they smoke and drink? Spare me that b.s., rice is like 10 dollars for a 20 pound bag.

Then you post a link about slow steady starvation, B . S .
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Old 02-28-2013, 06:13 PM
 
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and you turned out just fine. any complaints?


I guess you did not need those food stamps after-all.
No complaints, necessity is the mother of all invention after all and the experience as a whole made me a better person.
Unfortunately there are people out there not as resourceful and their children wind up being the ones who suffer.
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Old 02-28-2013, 08:50 PM
 
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The War on Poverty has been a dismal failure. We've thrown trillions of dollars at the problem and it's only gotten much worse. Time to admit that the welfare handouts are not working to reduce poverty, in fact they increase it.
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Old 02-28-2013, 08:59 PM
 
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HUM, poor money management and too much junk food.

I see chicken hindquarters on sale at Walmart all the time.......ten pound bag for a little over 5 bucks.
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