Hungry by the Numbers

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HUNGRY BY THE NUMBERS
By David Bacon and Betsy Edwards
A photo assay by David Bacon

The federal government, in its infinite wisdom, has tried to define for us what being hungry means. They've come up with a yardstick, called "food insecurity." It means people who have less food than they want and need. It includes people who actually go hungry, but also those who've had to reduce the amount they eat, skip meals, or eat food they know isn't good for them, because they can't afford what it really takes to eat.

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[Tars]

And the problem is?

[LenInSebastopol]

Compassion is never a problem, except when truly lacking, and gov't is incapable of such. What gov't is most capable of doing is expanding itself, so it comes up with language & notions to feather its nest. So now the go't has determined what is best for us to eat. As overweight folks are not eating the right food, then gov't can "influence" them into so doing based on what is now official; having the notion of "it is my body" seems to go by the wayside in such. So not only the Ag Dpt grows, but food regulation from farm to table to medical society to what's allowed for you.......web of life becomes a prison.