In Texas, 18 percent are facing hunger

[panzerfaust]

Source: Express News

According to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Texas ranks second in the nation in the percentage of people struggling with “food insecurity,” a term that refers to households where members have difficulty meeting their food needs.

In 2010, more than 4 million Texans — 18 percent — either experienced hunger outright or altered their eating patterns to avoid hunger, such as buying less healthy but more filling food.

Only Mississippi had a worse rating...



Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/In-Texas-18-percent-are-facing-hunger-2160280.php

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All part of the Self-Proclaimed Texas Economic Miracle Perry would like to bring to the rest of the country.

[think]

1. With Rick Perry as president I'm sure we can double those numbers!...nt

[sam11111]

3. "more for the boss means less for you ... less, down to a dollar a day" comedian George Carlin

Dollar a day (d.a d.) gives the best profits.

Hunger results.

"more for the boss means less for you" - George Carlin

apparently a centuries old european LW slogan. Sums up the core of all corporations. I never heard it in my college econ course.

Destroys freeper ideas.

[Sirveri]

2. One of the things that led to the rebellion in Egypt was food insecurity.

Maybe we need a bit more before enough people will notice and start to actually do something about it.

[closeupready]

6. "Let them eat cake" was, of course, Marie Antoinette's response

to those who asked her what starving peasants were supposed to eat, since the wheat crop had failed, and thus, "they have no bread; what are they supposed to do?" (Relating that from my admittedly imperfect memory, lol.)

[raccoon]

4. I wonder how that compares to some Third World countries. nt

[sam11111]

5. some site ought to list hunger for all 200 nations

Try the UN.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

7. almost 1 in 5

that's heartbreaking.

wow, perry "a self described “man of faith” should be going non-stop on this, almost 1 in 5, or 1 in 6 sounds like crisis to me.