People going hungry? Who’s to say? We don’t ask anymore, even as food banks report record demand.

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Edit: there is now an NYT article about this as well

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      4 days ago

      Democrats haven’t been so keen on addressing hunger. They refuse to address livable wages and keep bandaid solutions like food banks and charity.

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        True, but that kind of “both sides” is not helping. One side is hamstring by corporate donors and we need to primary the corpos out. The other side is actively taking food out of babies mouths, destroying public services, etc.

        Both are issues, but one is truly heinous and cruel.

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      5 days ago

      theres only one party that thinks hunger is a political issue.

      True. But it’s not the one you think. 🇨🇳

      the regressive party strikes again

      We’re going to see soaring poverty in red states, with government officials saying the lazy stupid people are at fault and we’re better off without them.

      We’re going to see soaring poverty in blue states, with government officials saying they just don’t have permission or money or professional capacity to do anything and they’re just really sorry about it. Thoughts and prayers.

      And then we’re going to hear how bad things wouldn’t be happening if you’d just voted for the correct party, despite neither party dominant state seeming to have any solution, save to accelerate mortality among the lower classes.