Comments on: More Hungry Children, Fewer Free Meals

By: ThomasL

ThomasL — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:06:19 +0000

It isn’t how much we spend, to that I agree. It is getting it to where it is really needed, and spent on things that actually mater instead of what makes us all feel good.

By: Neuro-conservative

Neuro-conservative — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:40:31 +0000

@GM — It fits because Sheril’s preferred energy policies, in which ethanol and biofuels play an important role, necessarily drive up food prices, thereby making nutritious food even more expensive for the poor. Sheril then has the opportunity to morally preen about both the environment AND food for the poor.

By: GM

GM — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:17:27 +0000

I don’t want to be obnoxious, but if you are going to be examining the relationship between food and energy, then how does this article fit in that scheme?

By: David

David — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:45:10 +0000

If you read the article carefully, they actually admit that the children are not going hungry, they are getting fat from eating poor nutritional quality food. That they throw the “Hunger” in there on the title to tug the heart strings is fairly ridiculous.

I taught elementary school in one of the poorest counties in the entire country for ten years. The kids at lunch would throw the food from their plate straight into the garbage and pull out the junk food every time. Apples and banana growers don’t spend as much on advertising as Frito-lay and Coca Cola. It doesn’t matter how much money you throw at bringing quality food to them when the companies selling the junk food outspend even the government convincing the kids to eat crap. It wouldn’t matter if you went down the street delivering the food door to door. The kids will run straight to the junk food every time. They have been well conditioned.

There is a serious problem that needs to be addressed but these food programs have failed and will continue to fail. Just pouring more money at them to continue their failure is not the solution.

By: Billingham

Billingham — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:05:14 +0000

If you can find a Democrat who argued that Obama would solve all of America’s suffering in his first two years in office, feel free to post a link. Otherwise, stop attacking strawmen.

By: cgray

cgray — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:58:11 +0000

I thought the Obamamessiah was going to alleviate all suffering in America. You’re not telling me Democrats are a bunch of filthy liars, are you?

By: ThomasL

ThomasL — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:42:17 +0000

Unfortunately this will likely get much worse over the next few years Sheril. As learned long ago during my time working in Juvenile Probation, it is much easier to talk about the importance of our children than it is to provide the resources to meaningfully do something…