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[rlmorel]

Statists HATE this man.

"...Since when are adult human beings supposed to do only those things that are a joy? I don't find any particular joy in putting on my shoes. But I do it rather than go barefoot. I don't always find it a joy to drive a car, especially in bad weather, but I have to get from here to there. An arrogant elite's condescension toward the people — treating them as children who have to be jollied along — is one of the poisonous problems of our time. It is at the heart of the nanny state and the promotion of a debilitating dependency that wins votes for politicians while weakening a society..."

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!

[GraceG]

Thomas Sowell NAILED IT!

[netmilsmom]

I believe that every hungry family should be given a stipend of beans, rice, tang and powdered milk instead of EBT cards.

[Buckeye McFrog]

what a rare convergence of circumstances it is for Libs that we can have a hunger epidemic AND a childhood obesity problem at the same time

[maica]

Let’s see photos of emaciated American children and I may entertain the idea of Hunger in America.

Photos of school groups of the first half of the 20th century did not include any other than slim children. That is when they ate at home, food prepared by their mother.

I bet there is not one school group photo, from anywhere in the US in 2011, that will not have quite a few “chubbies” in it.

Too little food is not a problem in the USA.

[ctdonath2]

Such nonsense is the very reason for my tagline.

[bolobaby]

Brilliant article.

Thanks for posting.

[BitWielder1]

I've always wondered who those hungry children are.
With all the gov't programs, school lunches, plus soup kitchens and the Salvation Army, the only reason a child could be starving in America is Negligent Parents.
There certainly is no lack of food, yet.
The Food Safety bill and other onerous regulations could of course change that.

[Publius6961]

Politicians, welfare state bureaucrats [and their unions, the Welfare Industry] and others have incentives to create or perpetuate hoaxes, whether about poverty in general or hunger in particular. The high cost to taxpayers is exceeded by the even higher cost of lost opportunities for fulfillment in their lives by those who succumb to the lure of a stagnant life of dependency.

Nothing more than that redundant addition needs to be said.

Calling Captain Obvious?

[SMARTY]

“Burgers, pizzas and the like cost more than food that you can buy at a store and cook yourself.”

I used to work with a girl who was VERY overweight. She had a couple small kids and dinner was fast food at least 4 times a week.

She was too stupid and too lazy to actually buy things and make dinner.

I think she is pretty typical.

I told her once how much groceries she could buy with what she spent on fast food. She wasn’t interested because she was too lazy to prepare things for her family ... never mind that they were not getting proper nutrition on fast food!!!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’m gonna try me that ‘stagnant life of dependency...’

That would suit my personality and moral code just fine, don’t ‘cha think? LOL!

Another one hit out of the park by the man whose brain I love!

[Tainan]

"What a country!..Even the poor people are fat!"...an immigrants observation.

[ctdonath2]

“Burgers, pizzas and the like cost more than food that you can buy at a store and cook yourself. “

See my tagline.

[Rocky]

Those who see social problems as requiring high-minded people like themselves to come down from their Olympian heights to impose their superior wisdom on the rest of us, down in the valley, are behind such things as the hunger hoax, which is part of the larger poverty hoax.

Sowell once again captures the essence in one sentence. Liberal do-gooders will be our destruction.

[RonBush]

I have been searching and I can’t find the studies by the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Agriculture that Sowell talks about. I have a friend who thinks Sowell just made up the story. Can anyone here find the studies?

[RonBush]

I hate to have to say this, but I think it is possible Sowell either made up the study of made an honest mistake about it. My friend who doubted the truth of "The Hunger Hoax" challenged me to find the study online. I have done all kinds of searches in addition to asking a number of people help me search, and so far, no one can find the study.

One guy said that maybe the study was real but just not available on the web. That is possible but not very likely. Just about every little scientific study you can imagine is posted on the web somewhere.

I sent an email to National Review and asked about this. I will tell you what I find out. I could not find Sowell's email address. If anyone finds the study, or knows Sowell's email address please let me know.