Cost of Hunger

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80% of Senate Democrats, the Party of the poor, voted for a Farm Bill that cut food stamps. SNAP was trimmed by 1 percent, or $8 billion.

Shaun Gude of Salon.com says, The cascade of cuts only compounds the existing hunger problem. U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that in 2012, 14.5 percent of American households were food insecure at some point. This is the cruel reality: In the world’s richest country, the right to be free of debilitating hunger still hasn’t been won.

No one understands how the richest country on the face of the planet can have a condition that exists where over 50 million people go hungry (1 in 6 of the U.S. population that includes more than 1 in 5 children) and that condition is ignored by Democrats to get their way with Republicans.

Government is looking the other way and spending trillions all over the world hoping some despot will like them. They sacrifice one sixth of our population for security. Don't get me wrong--we need security and we need to close our borders. But every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying $11.26 million for a Total Cost of Wars Since 2001.

Here in Lake Worth, the Homeless population seems to be growing and churches are reaching out with food banks. Commissioner take trips under some pretense that it is for the public good. They make a resolution that spending taxpayer money on parties for their enjoyment is their right, after all they deserve that perk.  Pennies in comparison but the analogy is the same.

It's no wonder that most citizens rate politicians lower than used car salesmen.