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Old 12-16-2006, 02:05 AM
NeBlis NeBlis is offline
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Default Re: Hunger in America (not hijacked)

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1. Most of the people who are hungry have jobs. Sometimes 2 or 3 of them.

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Then they are wasting the money or need to get a different job .. maybe at a kitchen where they would have access to free food.

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2. Some of the people who are hungry are in that 10% who are unemployable: the mentally ill, disabled, elderly, etc.

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I can't even begin to list all of the housing and institutions that will take them in. If they don't want to be institutionalized then that's just to freakin bad.

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3. The artice talks about how that assistance you are talking about is being overwhelmed.

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Mismanagement and poor distribution are just two of the reasons that many don't believe that charitable organizations work well.

NeBlis
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