North Koreans in the mid 1990’s, now that’s starvation. When the rib cage is visible but the stomach is swollen, that’s starvation. Ethiopia in 1985, that’s starvation.

America today? I’m sorry I just don’t believe it exists. Food here is too full of energy (whether that energy is of any quality is another debate) for people eating it to be thin unless they are self-regulating.

I remember reading an article a few years ago from a UCLA student who said there was something seriously wrong when our homeless population was obese.

It’s shameful, and well documented if not painfully obvious, the gaping inequality in this country being one of the highest of rich nations. The stagnation of wages, rising costs of living, and apparently, the levels of food insecurity.
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/us_hunger_facts.htm
http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx

Parents do give up their own food for their children. Not everyone is eager to go for assistance… And they should travel to their police departments?
There are “poverty classes” people attend to understand the range of difficulties – they’ve found it pretty eye-opening.

If by “bureaucrats” is meant social workers, they’re not keeping those important and stimulative jobs. In communities across the country, they’re being axed along with critical programs. Food banks are asking for help, charities are under load many just packing up.
TANF was an injustice, which basically throws people out if they can’t achieve an arbitrary level of economic stability, regardless of what difficulties they face – like (ding ding) no jobs or health. All the while permitting states to plug their budget gaps with the federal funds meant to aid the most vulnerable. And live how they must – almost no one gets general assistance. A knowledgeable official on EBT doesn’t believe abuse is widespread – but one could actually look at EBT fraud data.

Now the new radicals turn logic on its head with the brilliant notion that helping people is hurting them – talk about blame the victim. It’s shooting fish in a barrel, stoking up the “Angry White Male” to mock (while ignorant of) the legitimate struggles of millions of hard working honest people, sweeping them under the rug to bleat about a few. In any case, it pales next to the damage done over the past few years who WORK – to favor those who just OWN.

Riots and guillotines are great motivators too. 😉

I think your comment has merit, Hondo. I believe that they have lowered the bar on what qualifies for ‘poverty’. Just because a person has a low income it does not mean he lives in poverty. Much more must be taken into account. Net worth should be he primary indicator of a poverty label. Someone could have $500,000 in net worth – yet have a low income due to lack of investment return or a lost job, etc….

If you watch the fine video done by that black woman above that Ian linked you can understand the mockery that she makes of our system. She openly mocks it. We know it’s a total scam and probably more than half of those collecting food stamps should not be entitled to them.

The bureaucrats want to keep their jobs. Look at crime. It has been said to drop significantly in the last 5-10 years. But since we don’t have as much crime do you see cops being layed off??? Of course not. Most departments are hiring. So none of it makes any sense. Well informed and educated people should be able to connect the dots. Most are WILLFULLY IGNORANT!

“To starve in this country you have to phisically run away from food. Go to any police station in this country and they will give you a list of page after page of palaces to get free food”

Of course. Hungry stomachs are not necessarily a bad thing. Hunger is a great motivator. It forces people to work for their food. Nothing at all wrong or shameful about that!

In America there is free food everywhere – whether it’s in the schools, the food banks, through the food stamp program (46 million and growing)or in homeless shelters. LOTS AND LOTS of free food. There is really NO GOOD REASON for anyone to go hungry in America. At least not now. My parents used to tell me about the days of the Great Depression when there was LEGITIMATE hunger in America. I remember when my dad told me that bread and gravy was a delicacy to his family. That was back in the day when friends helped friends and neighbors helped neighbors and charitable organizations helped the needy. Today the government wants to make everyone dependent on IT – by transferring the wealth of the struggling middle class to the pension hogs and all the leeches we have in society. My dad always said that hunger is a great motivator. It moves people off their butts to be productive and self-sustaining. America has lost that virtue, Mr. Donkey. In 2012 everyone is looking for one handout or another. The fact that over 50% of Americans receive some sort of government transfer payment is very telling – and indicates the decline of an empire.

I speak only the truth.

Mike, if they’re hungry the only reason could that is that they don’t show up for the free food. All of us know that the schools offer free breakfast and lunch. According to an earlier blog at CWD some even serve dinner for their afterschool crowd. 46 million are on EBT food stamps. So if you see hungry ones it must be because they are on diets. That’s my only guess. But it’s NOT due to lack of food or money to pay for it.

Please educate me, Mike. What are you talking about???