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Here we go again! More alarmist "data" from some advocacy group with an agenda.
The first link is to an article from a magazine founded by this guy:
Craig Brown is executive director of CommonDreams.org. Together with his late wife, Lina Newhouser, Brown founded CommonDreams.org in 1997. A carpenter - turned community organizer - turned political consultant, Brown began in progressive politics in the 1970s as a leader of Maine PIRG and as a community organizer working with the homeless and on poverty issues. Brown was an organizer of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance - spending time in New Hampshire jails for sitting in front of bulldozers at the Seabrook Nuclear Plant construction site. Brown has managed many state, local, Congressional and US Senate campaigns over the past 30 years. He has managed and worked for many progressive organizations and referendum campaigns. Brown managed the Congressional campaigns of former US Rep. Tom Andrews of Maine. Brown then served as Chief-of-Staff to Congressman Andrews in Washington for Andrews' two-terms in the US House. In 1991, Andrews co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus. In 1994, Congressional Quarterly rated Andrews as the most progressive member of Congress - a designation he was proud of. Andrews currently leads the Win Without War coalition. Brown provides the vision for CommonDreams.org and directs the editorial content and business operations. He lives on the coast of Maine with his teenage daughters, Chloe & Moriah, and his golden retriever, Jackson Brown. Follow Craig on Facebook here or on Twitter here. editor@commondreams.org
Scroll down to about mid way and you'll find the specifics of the "study."
Please note that the term "food hardship" is never defined and there is absolutely no indication of HOW the survey respondents spent their money. There are numerous ways a person can run out of money for food by the end of the month and some of them are not related to income or social status. For instance, a person who spends his money for drugs, alcohol or gambling might very well end up short of food money. Neither are they asked if they qualify or recieve any kind of public assistance such as food stamps.
The second link provided by the OP goes to an article talking about people falling below the povery level. That article makes no mention of the fact that the official poverty level is a political definition which changes over time or that the dollar value assigned to the poverty level does not include some forms of public assistance.
Once again, this is agenda-driven "data" designed to alarm you into supporting whatever it is those groups want to do.
I think we should steal more from others to feed these people. If they won't give willingly, throw those greedy people in jail. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Maybe Obama could focus on the economy and jobs instead of his own personal agenda for a change.
What have you done recently to help the hungry in your area other than pay taxes? Do you volunteer at the food shelters? Do you donate your time and items to them?
I'd rather donate time/rescources directly to the source than have it change hands several times in the bureaucratic machine aka government, losing value along the way.
Charity should not be legislated. The government takes its cut then mismanages the rest.
Maybe Obama could focus on the economy and jobs instead of his own personal agenda for a change.
What have you done recently to help the hungry in your area other than pay taxes? Do you volunteer at the food shelters? Do you donate your time and items to them?
I'd rather donate time/rescources directly to the source than have it change hands several times in the bureaucratic machine aka government, losing value along the way.
Charity should not be legislated. The government takes its cut then mismanages the rest.
Without a doubt the Government only hinders charity.
I ran out of money several times last year and didn't buy any food... I don't consider myself to be poor...
What did you do? Hunt and gather? <joke>
I'm guessing you had enough food until your next pay check...
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Who knew the economy was in the crapper?
Without a doubt the Government only hinders charity.
