Despite the propaganda, most of our food inequities are a result of high unemployment rates, the shrinking of the middle class, and the gutting of public systems.
Some will rebut this by saying that it's our social spending which accounts for the greater burden, but that's not the original source of our burden. We were able to support all our social systems, including social security, prior to the Bush tax cuts for top corporate businesses and the wealthy. Before I'm accused of being partisan, Obama renewed those tax cuts and I was also against it then.
Because the wealthy have tax immunity right now, the only place left to take from is the middle class. The pittance that most people on welfare receive from the government every month is usually only enough for rent, if that. The social stigma that people are living it up on the government dime is so overplayed that I'm nauseated every time I hear it. Try being a social worker and you will quickly find out the reality.
As for relief charities like food banks and shelters, there are simply not enough -- not in the way government can organize relief. It's like saying we should put disaster relief into the hands of charities. It just couldn't help everyone.
Our congress has been hijacked by corporations and the financial sector. Policy is made for them now. Isn't it obvious? Obama is not a socialist. He is part and parcel with the globalists, and Bush who came before him.
