25% of children in US don’t have enough food to eat- The Wars need to be cancelled immediately [View all]

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Child poverty in America is at its highest point in 20 years, putting millions of children at increased risk of injuries, infant mortality, and premature death, according to a policy analysis published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

As the U.S. emerges from the worst recession since the Great Depression, 25% of children don’t have enough food to eat and 7 million kids still don’t have health insurance, the analysis says. Even worse: Five children die daily by firearms, and one dies every seven hours from abuse or neglect.

“It shouldn’t be this hard for kids to grow and thrive in the world’s richest, most powerful nation,” co-author Bruce Lesley, president of the Washington-based child advocacy organization First Focus, said in a written statement.
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The report -- co-written with Dr. Glenn Flores, professor of pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern -- notes that although 24% of Americans are children, only 12% of the National Institutes of Health’s 2013 budget was devoted to pediatric research.

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-child-poverty-20141021-story.html



I don't care what fucking excuse they have for wasting America's wealth 'helping' people in other countries...

25% of our children are starving!

What. The. FUCK!

This is a national emergency


How dare we pretend to be helping other people while we let our children starve.

Where are the prolifers?

This is unbelievable and unacceptable!

We need to tell them this is unacceptable!@!