If the poor who eat way too much, and I mean not just a little too much but waddling 50 inch waistline too much, shared with those who had too little, would that solve the problem?
If you starve in America it’s virtually sure to be your own fault.
Carbohydrates are much cheaper than most proteins. Having said that, I recall a catchprase a comic used to use on BET Comicview: “Food stamps is money!”
Are they factoring in college students?
Does eating Ramen noodles count as “hungry?” (it should).
The amount of food we threw away was unbelievable.
Food came from many sources. (Includes money and food).....Donated food from individuals- drop-offs and food drives, food donated from business...such as supermarkets, and money given directly to the food bank from grant programs and the government.
So much food coming in....much of it went bad and had to be thrown out. Dump runs were made almost daily. A lot of it was bread donated from local supermarkets. Perfectly good bread.
Distribution wasn't the problem. The food was delivered to pick up points all around the county. Each location had at least a weekly pick-up for the needy.
Many times the food we wanted to drop off was sent back to us. They told us many people picking up didn't want what was in the box. Pasta, bread, milk, canned goods, cereal, fruit etc....
During the holidays there was always a ham or turkey.
It makes no sense to me that anyone in this Country is hungry. I have seen the food, witnessed the distribution of it, and have seen the disposal of perfectly good, edible, nutritious food.