As a result, many families are within one mishap of disaster. A child gets sick, a parent has an accident, and the family is thrown into chaos. Or when the economy turns downward, which may have started, if we can believe the latest Wall Street stock market figures. If welfare reform is to be more than lowering the number of people on public assistance, jobs must be created that can be filled by welfare recipients. But hunger is a great deterrent to finding a job or going to work.
Hunger kills people's incentive, sapping their strength, both physically and emotionally.
Something is inherently wrong with a society that condones the hunger of millions of its citizens while the richest nation in the world celebrates the good times. Until then we will continue to be confronted with the shame of hunger amid plenty.