Homeless teenage boy and girl begging in street
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America’s wealth grew by 60 percent in the past six years, by over $30 trillion. In approximately the same time, the number of homeless children has also grown by 60 percent.
Financier and CEO Peter Schiff said, “People don’t go hungry in a capitalist economy.” The 16 million kids on food stamps know what it’s like to go hungry. Perhaps, some in Congress would say, those children should be working. “There is no such thing as a free lunch,” insisted Georgia Representative Jack Kingston, even for schoolkids, who should be required to “sweep the floor of the cafeteria” (as theyactually do at a charter school in Texas).
The callousness of U.S. political and business leaders is disturbing, shocking. Hunger is just one of the problems of our children. Teacher Sonya Romero-Smith told about the two little homeless girls she […]
Many of your posts take my breath away. This one just made me cry.
Extraordinary….truly. And at the same time, we’re seeing a rising number of people who are with their own money or together feeding the homeless. Many are being arrested and courts and locals try to stop them. and in some cases do, as feeding the homeless becomes a food safety issue. That may be valid, but going hungry is even more so. I feel as if the sleeping dragon is awakening across America. The mobilization via the internet and other means is breaking taking. I also believe that there are going to be some rude awakenings around Congress and the laws they’re trying to pass. Wall St and the 1% is almost begging to see civil unrest. It’s certainly not something I support or want to see, but the people are beginning to speak up. I’m not a huge fan of Hillary’s but I was amazed to see some of the statements she’s making early on in her campaign. Now, if she would only dump Monsanto.