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Maybe not that many are starving to death, but many people in the USA don't get the food that they need. In 2010, 17.2 million households, 14.5 percent of hous
by dwiel 13y ago
Maybe not that many are starving to death, but many people in the USA don't get the food that they need.
In 2010, 17.2 million households, 14.5 percent of households (approximately one in seven), were food insecure, the highest number ever recorded in the United States [1]
[1]: http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/us_hunger_facts.htm http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/us_hunger_facts.ht...
- sliverstorm 13y agoThis is completely tangential to the original point of discussion. I did not come here to argue about food stamps.
- dwiel 13y agoIt is completely relevant. The ancestor post was making the argument that we already have a minimal support system in the USA that anyone can take advantage of a pursue their dreams. They just need to take food-stamps/etc. This doesn't seem to be working so instead, we need to give them $30k/year. My point is that we aren't even providing minimal life support to everyone yet, so to say that it has failed is premature. Show me a system where healthy food is accessible and free, and safe housing is also accessible, convenient and free where people are still struggling to invest and improve their situation and then I will believe that it doesn't work.