1 in 6 Americans are hungry!

[Meatwad]

It's after the first of the month and the crisis is over. All of the formerly hungry people are at Walmart loading up on tv dinners and ice cream.

Dont forget tater chips, soda, and snack cakes

Ever have someone with food stamps going thought the checkout with about $40 worth of ground beef stating they they are going to feed it to their dogs since the state gives them free money?   

[mthrockmor]

A legendary sextuple post! 

haha! 

This sounds as though you helped write the script for "A Christmas Story"

Boo

[druski85]

...Laughing at something doesn't mean you don't understand the issue or have a concern for it.

Done correctly, laughter is a very powerful thing.

Oh I agree entirely, and I've got a pretty dark and twisted sense of humor.  That being said, I wasn't convinced that many of the posters actually understand these issues, based on the language they were using; hence, my statement. 

Regarding Skuzzy's input, yes this is my day job.  I manage a food security + ag. development program in East Africa, which obviously is not America.  However, people struggle with this issue everywhere, and there are few things more serious.  Just my opinion. 

[Getback]

Oh I agree entirely, and I've got a pretty dark and twisted sense of humor.  That being said, I wasn't convinced that many of the posters actually understand these issues, based on the language they were using; hence, my statement. 

Regarding Skuzzy's input, yes this is my day job.  I manage a food security + ag. development program in East Africa, which obviously is not America.  However, people struggle with this issue everywhere, and there are few things more serious.  Just my opinion. 

I think the title says it all, "1 in 6 Americans"

[PJ_Godzilla]

Irony is wasted on the ignorant. 

I was thinking you'd say "tasteless" but you went all nonlinear on me.

[grizz441]

I was thinking you'd say "tasteless" but you went all nonlinear on me.

This thread is rather emaciating. 

[KayBayRay]

OMG get real people.

If this "Were" true then it would be very sad and disturbing. However.. lets do a real quick reality check here.

Everybody look around you for the entire day... if this is true it means that out of every 6 people you see 1 is malnourshed or starving.

OK... so lets hear about all the hundreds of starving people you saw today.

And if you actually believe that these statistics on this ad are anywhere near correct then that begs the question...

Why are they hungry, starving or malnourshed? Is it because they are making poor choices or are they actually a product of our Evil American Culture and are being ignored and nothing is being done to provide for their situation?

At my age, and after having lived in most of the Civilized world and a good bit of the Uncivilized world it is my observation that anybody that goes hungry in America does so by their own choice not because they cant find food.

Later,
KayBay

[Jayhawk]

The billboard is from an organization called "Feeding America."  That stat is from a survey by the USDA Economic Research Service in 2007.  The survey defines "food security" and how that pertains to the study. 

The survey also states that 89% of American households were "food secure" throughout the entire year of 2007 and 4.1% had very low food security meaning "that the food intake of one or more adults was reduced and their eating patterns were disrupted at times during the year because the household lacked money and other resources for food."

IMO, the 1 in 6 is a generalization of the issue.  It should be noted that "food insecure" could also be defined as not having access to a well balanced meal because of money.  Given this was a mailed out survey, you have to take into account who and why people filled out this survey.  Is poverty in America an issue, sure, are 1 in 6 Americans going hungry, no I don't believe so.

http://feedingamerica.org/
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR66/ERR66.pdf

[CptTrips]

This thread is rather emaciating. 

Q:  What do you call a hungry American with buck-teeth.
A:  A rake.

[Carrel]

If one out of three Americans are obese, and one out of six Americans are starving, then why not make every fat person give every skinny person half a sandwich? We'd all be healthier.

 

[CAP1]

If one out of three Americans are obese, and one out of six Americans are starving, then why not make every fat person give every skinny person half a sandwich? We'd all be healthier.

 

lol........some of us like to be skinny.

[Carrel]

lol........some of us like to be skinny.

Then give me back my sandwich.

[Jayhawk]

Then give me back my sandwich.

 

[dedalos]

OMG get real people.

If this "Were" true then it would be very sad and disturbing. However.. lets do a real quick reality check here.

Everybody look around you for the entire day... if this is true it means that out of every 6 people you see 1 is malnourshed or starving.

OK... so lets hear about all the hundreds of starving people you saw today.

And if you actually believe that these statistics on this ad are anywhere near correct then that begs the question...

Why are they hungry, starving or malnourshed? Is it because they are making poor choices or are they actually a product of our Evil American Culture and are being ignored and nothing is being done to provide for their situation?

At my age, and after having lived in most of the Civilized world and a good bit of the Uncivilized world it is my observation that anybody that goes hungry in America does so by their own choice not because they cant find food.

Later,
KayBay

So, in your opinion they don;t exist, but if they did exist you know for sure it is due to their bad choices. 

Please enlighten us on how a 2 year old made the choice and what was the choice he or she made?

Anyone wonder why I have 0 respect for so called adults? 

[dedalos]

Everybody look around you for the entire day... if this is true it means that out of every 6 people you see 1 is malnourshed or starving.

OK... so lets hear about all the hundreds of starving people you saw today.

OMG! Dude you are right.  I looked around in the conference room earlier and saw 4 Indians and a Greek.  That means that the population of the United States in 80% Indian and 20% Greek 

Unless you are born in it, you will not see them.  They don;t seem to leave in 5 bedroom 6 bath homes you know.