Over 35 million Americans go hungry

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said the number of Americans who went hungry in 2006 was held in check at 35 million people from the prior year, but food advocacy groups said on Wednesday more needs to be done.

The U.S. Agriculture Department said a total of 12.65 million households were "food insecure," or 10.9 percent of U.S. homes, up from 12.59 million a year ago.

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"It looks very stable from this year to last year," said Mark Nord, who co-authored the annual report for USDA's Economic Research Service.

Overall, 35.52 million people, including 12.63 million children, went hungry compared with 35.13 million in 2005. The survey was conducted in December 2006 and represented 294 million people, an increase of 2.5 million from 2005.

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"As costs for food, energy, and housing continue to rise and wages stagnate or decline, households are finding themselves increasingly strapped," said Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center. "This may mean even worse numbers in 2007."

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Why is anyone in this country going hungry? Anyone. Why are 12.63 MILLION children going hungry in this country? How many days in Iraq would pay for food for people in this country? Bushie's war on the poor continues.....

Great wealth creates great poverty. That's the problem with the move to concentrate the wealth at the top.


It's always been that way; that's why "socialism" keeps coming around, after the usual pogroms and purges.