WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008
50% More U.S. Kids Went Hungry In 2007
Feds: 1 In 8 Americans Struggled To Feed Themselves - Even Before Economic Downturn
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The department's annual report on food security showed that during 2007 the number of children who suffered a substantial disruption in the amount of food they typically eat was more than 50 percent above the 430,000 in 2006 and the largest figure since 716,000 in 1998.
Overall, the 36.2 million adults and children who struggled with hunger during the year was up slightly from 35.5 million in 2006. That was 12.2 percent of Americans who didn't have the money or assistance to get enough food to maintain active, healthy lives.
Almost a third of those, 11.9 million adults and children, went hungry at some point. That figure has grown by more than 40 percent since 2000. The government says these people suffered a substantial disruption in their food supply at some point and classifies them as having "very low food security." Until the government rewrote its definitions two years ago, this group was described as having "food insecurity with hunger."
The findings should increase pressure to meet President-elect Barack Obama's campaign pledge to expand food aid and end childhood hunger by 2015, said James Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group.
He predicted the 2008 numbers will show even more hunger because of the sharp economic downturn this year.
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Weill said the figures show that economic growth during the first seven years of the Bush administration didn't reach the poorest and hungriest people. "The people in the deepest poverty are suffering the most," Weill said.
The number of adults and children with "low food security" - those who avoided substantial food disruptions but still struggled to eat - fell slightly since 2000, from 24.7 million to 24.3 million. The government said these people have several ways of coping - eating less varied diets, obtaining food from emergency kitchens or community food charities, or participating in federal aid programs like food stamps, the school lunch program or the Women, Infants and Children program.
Among other findings:
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See all 52 CommentsWe have more important things to do like bailout the CEOs of auto companies and insurance companies !
Dam mit....they have to eat too ya know and MCD''s aint what they like !!!!
doing everything from cutting lawns, washing dishes to picking strawberries.
I''ve know probably known a thousand of them over last 30 years
watched many of their kids grow up.
Funny that doubt yet a single one of their kids, ever, had a single day in which they had to worry where their next meal was coming from.
sorry folks, but I''m not looking at Washington for the blame on this problem, nor the answer
Buy alcohol.
Buy Cable TV
Buy drugs
Buy a car outside their budget with big payments.
Buy cigarettes
Eat out at restaurants too often.
Instead of buying food for the family?
Buy alcohol.
Buy Cable TV
Buy drugs
Buy a car outside their budget with big payments.
Buy cigarettes
Eat out at restaurants too often.
Instead of buying food for the family?
Posted by Questionnews at 02:22 PM : Nov 18, 2008
Why don''t you try to find out, instead of sitting around wondering and making snide remarks?
Rush is a major source of air pollution. What a MORON!!!!
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Posted by wlkelly
Right, Also...
There is no recession in America.
There is no mortage crisis in America.
There is no banking crisis in America.
There is no auto industry crisis in America.
There is no education crisis in America.
There is no healthcare crisis in America.
Do you find it hard to breath with your head stuck in the sand?
It obviously effects your ability to think.
Posted by billpl at 02:28 PM : Nov 18, 2008
LOL...I was thinking the same thing. It looks like all of McCain''s supporters are hungry for something.
Posted by cbsfan7331
B.S.
How''s that famous saying by JFK go?..."Ask not what....."
besides
Every 1st and 15th of the month the Post Offices are flooded with checks.
Those checks could feed every kid in America twenty times over.
There''s no reason that even one single kid for one single day should go hungry
...unless some one''s not making the effort to feed them.
Buy alcohol.
Buy Cable TV
Buy drugs
Buy a car outside their budget with big payments.
Buy cigarettes
Eat out at restaurants too often.
Instead of buying food for the family?
Posted by Questionnews at 02:22 PM : Nov 18, 2008
Why don''''t you try to find out, instead of sitting around wondering and making snide remarks?
Posted by incog-nito at 02:28 PM : Nov 18, 2008
OK Sparky. Exactly what was snide in that post??
Unless you are telling me that there are no parents that have screwed up spending priorities? There are a he!! of a lot of parents out there that spend their money on booze & drugs while their kid goes without. I see it all the time. Try taking a stroll out of whatever Pollyanna world you live in & see for yourself. The only thing I can assume by your attack is that you are one of those parents & you don''t like being profiled.
I encourage everyone to blame them for failing at their jobs.
Posted by cbsfan7331 at 02:26 PM : Nov 18, 2008
Well, the wealthy and THEMSELVES and to h3ll with the people....
Only a revolution will change that though, and nothing else.
Posted by libsh8theUSA at 03:02 PM : Nov 18, 2008
You do realise that there''s a big wide world out there, right?
And not just your little school?
Posted by obamasNUTZ at 03:34 PM : Nov 18, 2008
Uh,,Yes ,,,that was just a figure of speech. You do know what that is, right?
Our current President has caused all of this and the crooks that were lending money to the people that couldn''t afford it and a lot of people like you that fell for it
The best thing has happened now -- (we got a new face in Washington) let''s hope for the best
TKTK53
And for the poster who says it''s all the parents fault for buying beer and drugs, etc., etc., I''ll grant you SOME parents are like that but SOME parents are not. You''re lumping them all into the same category.
Posted by cwbyht at 04:39 PM : Nov 18, 2008
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BS! Everyone? How would you know?
Posted by babooph at 06:06 PM : Nov 18, 2008
Surprise!! We will have a Christian in the White House for the next four years!! It just keeps getting better.
Oh but lets just focus on someother kid in a third world country. Heck, we''re not 3rd world YET!
When people are struggling to meet everyday needs of food, shelter, and clothing, the LAST thing they worry about it is their wasteline, and going to the gym and did they meet their required fruits and vegis for the day.
These parents goals are to make sure there are not hunger pains in their childrens belly.
Please be careful of the stereotypes you put forth. It could be someones life you are hurting.... in a few months it could be you buying raimen noodles and not your neighbor.
Or, as I suspect, this person is some child or an adult child living in mama''s basement mooching off of her and so has no financial worries.
Excuse me sir, May I have anotha bowl of gruel?
WHAAAAT?,,YOU WAANT ANOTHA BOOOWWWL??!!???
Or, as I suspect, this person is some child or an adult child living in mama''''s basement mooching off of her and so has no financial worries. Posted by NativeWoman
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I hesitate to mention this but "mama''s"basement, not mama"s basement would be an improvement. And I''m not sure about whether it is appropriate to say "off her" or "off of her." "Off of her" makes me think of her as a chair at the table, sometimes as the table itself, but "off her" makes me think of those little fishes that clean the whales'' baleens. Disgusting, I grant you. But not nearly as disgusting as having that many children in the land of plenty go plenty hungry. As much as it pains me to admit it, it is not Bush''s fault. It will not be Obama''s fault. It is OURs. We can afford $700 billion for bankers, $540 billion for money market mafia, $150 billion for insurance moguls and $10 billion a month for providing Halliburton a branch office in the middle east. But kids need to learn to feed themselves or they''ll grow up thinking the government will give them handouts.
I have been in line behind food stamp users and witnessed the bartering that goes on for cigarettes and booze, and, even more amazing, cash back. They also buy steak.
I agree with obamasNUTZ on this one. Other than they few who truly are indigent, the rest are parasites, living a chosen life of riding the entitlement train.
ObamasNUTS is not lying about the use of food stamps. You won''t face reality.
Have to go now and have a nice breakfast using cash.
I have been in line behind food stamp users and witnessed the bartering that goes on for cigarettes and booze, and, even more amazing, cash back. They also buy steak.
I agree with obamasNUTZ on this one. Other than they few who truly are indigent, the rest are parasites, living a chosen life of riding the entitlement train.
ObamasNUTS is not lying about the use of food stamps. You won''''t face reality.
Have to go now and have a nice breakfast using cash.
You think if that lie is told often enough, it will be believed don''t you? You udge an entire class of people on the .0003% who abuse the system. You want to know why poor kids are not getting fed? Its the cruel BS by heartless creeps like this. You know what? Go choke on yourcash paid breakfast.
Typical bozo response to a factual statement, just accuse someone of lying.
The food stamp artists are in general the lowest form of life, and they could care less about feeding their offspring if it means depriving themselves of ciggies and brew.
Get out in the world and see for yourself what goes on daily in every liquor store and market in the USA.
Hmmm! Wonder what I''m going to have for dinner tonight. Maybe a BBQ''d rib eye, baked potato, asparagus and salad. Might chase down a few beers while I''m cooking. All paid for with cash earned by WORKING!!!
I had a great breakfast, thank you, of chorizo and eggs, black beans, hot corn tortillas with butter and several cups of steamy, aromatic, robust coffee.
Typical bozo response to a factual statement, just accuse someone of lying.
The food stamp artists are in general the lowest form of life, and they could care less about feeding their offspring if it means depriving themselves of ciggies and brew.
Get out in the world and see for yourself what goes on daily in every liquor store and market in the USA.
Hmmm! Wonder what I''''m going to have for dinner tonight. Maybe a BBQ''''d rib eye, baked potato, asparagus and salad. Might chase down a few beers while I''''m cooking. All paid for with cash earned by WORKING!!!
I had a great breakfast, thank you, of chorizo and eggs, black beans, hot corn tortillas with butter and several cups of steamy, aromatic, robust coffee.
You do not have a clue. You do not belong to the disabled community, and see the 99% of folks who are using their food stamps honestly. You are just passing on these fairy tales and you know it. And your *** is nice and fat, I''m sure from all that food you stuff into your piehole.Too bad nothing of substance comes out of it.
No one is talking about legitimately disabled individuals and YOU KNOW THAT too. I am talking about the millions who live in the entitlement system as a matter of choice. They don''t want to work. They just survive, entitlement to entitlement, at my expense and perhaps even yours, if you work or have successfully retired.
There is no reason to discuss this with you anymore. You are accusatory, demeaning and pompous. I know what my life experience has vividly reveaaled to me and what I have witnessed. The truth hurts doesn''t it!
Have a pleasant day.
There ya go, Sarah Palin. Your state, with all that moose, is going hungry. But you wouldn''t know that because you, like GW Bush, don''t read. Get back to us on that, would ya?
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