Millions Struggle To Get Enough To Eat Despite Jobs Returning
The number of U.S. families that struggled to get enough to eat last year was essentially unchanged from the year before, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest report on "food security."
The agency says that about 17.5 million families — or 1 in 7 — were food insecure last year. That means that at some point during the year, the household had trouble feeding all of its members. In 2012, the number was 17.6 million.
The number of households experiencing what the government calls "very low food security" — which means people actually miss meals or cut back their intake because they don't have enough money for food — was also essentially unchanged last year at 6.8 million households.
Anti-hunger groups say the fact that so many families are still struggling to put enough food on the table, even as the economy improves, is a sign that more needs to be done to help them out.
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however, I believe that is also a product of the 1980's and years since "greed is good" theme which has been pounded into our heads, while all along the wealthy have been working diligently on the return of their version of the Gilded Age.
I think overall Americans are a generous people, but having to run your life at a constant warp factor 8, just to get by while watching you household fall farther and farther behind leaves less and less time to be charitable (or even civil) as we too often see. 
Always enjoy your posts!
