There are lots of children “going hungry” in this country, but for 99.9% of them, the cause is parents who are addicted to alcohol/drugs or gambling. And the solution is to take them away from their parents, not to give their parents more money or food stamps (which are readily converted to cash, either directly, or by re-selling the food).
Source please of this amazing statistic ???
Where are they at? Since food stamps provide enough food to get very fat in a short time. And if this is true are most children of illegal aliens or Democrats?
I know it’s not politically correct to talk about that, but you have a good point about parental neglect being a cause if kids don’t get enough to eat. It’s a minefield to try to take kids away, but maybe that would be a good solution. If parents are so high and spaced out on some substance that they can’t properly take care of their kids, then maybe another solution should be used.
Bottom line is that with food stamps and other social programs, there is no reason for anybody, kids or anybody else,to be going hungry in this country.
Once, I was behind a 'lady' on Food stamps!! She was in a Fur Coat - buying junk food and when I was coming out, she was getting into a Caddy Coupe DeVille (this was in 1990).
I don't buy my kids junk food. (And I worked in the supermarket industry when I was financing my business, and I saw what some of these people try to put on food stamps, like pet food.)
I remember a couple of summers ago, my wife came home in tears. She had been out with MUST ministries-feed hungry kids during summer in Georgia. One little boy was saving half of his sandwich for dinner...they got a sandwich, chips drink and a little toy like at McDonald. Sure there are addicted parents, but there are also parents out of work. I have seen this since moving to the Mid West. As for taking them away from parents...foster care is a national disgrace in this country so unless you and a whole lot of others are willing to take in foster children, this is not an option. It is no wonder people get the idea conservatives are heartless after reading some of these posts.