So, you'd think that 3 millon less hungry people in the United States would make the anti-hunger activists happy. Nope. Like I've written before, activists are losers, because even when confronted with good news, they have to find bad news:
"Changing the term and watering it down doesn't change the fact that 35 million Americans are in a constant struggle to put enough food on the table and to ward off hunger," said Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group.
"And that extraordinary number in this wealthy country living in a period of sustained economic growth is appalling, no matter what you call it," Weill said.
The Agriculture Department changed the groups from "food insecurity without hunger" and "food insecurity with hunger" to "low food security" and "very low food security," respectively. I guess, without the hunger part in the terms, there's less emotional need to save something.
I'm hungry, but I'm low on mayo. How will I ever make a banana sammich now?!
ReplyDeleteWould that be "very low food security," since I am totally out of mayo, even when using a spoon to get the last bit off the sides?
Brenda:
ReplyDeleteFirst off, ewww! Mayo on a banana sammich? That might not be a very low food security situation, but my gut feels a little less secure just thinking about it. Hee!