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I don't think that's quite true - food insecurity has significantly increased since the pandemic response has began. https://www.hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_c
by Coffeewine 6y ago
I don't think that's quite true - food insecurity has significantly increased since the pandemic response has began.
https://www.hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_covid_19_crisis_has_already_left_too_many_children_hungry_in_america https://www.hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_covid_19_crisis_has...
- danaris 6y agoBut that's not because we, as a country, are incapable of providing food security. It's largely because people—especially the poorest people—have been laid off to protect businesses' balance sheets, and have received a meager attempt at counterbalancing that from the government. There is absolutely no reason any human needs to starve in the modern world. If we as a society prioritized people's lives and welfare over businesses' profitability—and expressed those priorities consistently through our voting decisions—we could eliminate hunger in America without any kind of serious (or even noticeable) hardship to the rest of us.
- Gibbon1 6y agoBut we know from basic economics that if poor people didn't worry about being homeless and starving they wouldn't work at all.
- danaris 6y agoI hope that was missing a "/s"...
- snowwrestler 6y agoSo why do rich people work, then?
- Gibbon1 6y agoPower