There's no excuse for children being hungry in America.
no child in America goes hungry except by parental neglect.
The poorer neighborhoods of Baltimore are filled with people who have the same morality and social consciousness as rabbits. Many many children, and the ones that die they forget about.
Regards,
There's no excuse for children being hungry in America.
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Exactly.
Where I live, we have a rather generous welfare system, even with attempts at welfare reform (states vary as to how much or how little you can get in public assistance). I don't know what it is now, but some years ago when a friend of mine fell on hard times and was considering applying for food stamps, she was told she could qualify if her income was $20,000. That's generous.
But...in supermarkets, I have watched the ones with food stamps (or in my state, the recipients now get what looks like a credit card) -- most of those I have observed buy junk food with their state assistance.
When I watch the kids going to school in the morning, they all carry chips and soda. The school district gives them breakfast and lunch (thanks to our tax dollars), but this is what the kids eat -- junk. I think it was Rush Limbaugh who said not long ago that huge amounts of school lunch food is discarded. I don't remember the dollar amount, but it was in the millions per year.
So if these children are malnourished, then it's their fault and that of the parents'.
Why not?
Over 70% of African-American children are born to single mothers. A healthy percentage of those mothers are "children" themselves.
Why are the rest of the citizenry morally...let alone legally obligated to ensure these "families" have enough to eat?
Two words. Personal responsibility.
It can't be too tough since there seems to be a flood of immigrants from the South still choosing to come here.
Liberalism and Socialism are diseases. Democrats are the carriers.