 pokkets says: 12% Have gone hungry over the past year. The Undersecretary for the Department of Agriculture's Kate Houston said "This is encouraging" I have no idea why she is encouraged. Maybe that she isn't one of them? Perhaps she expected more. Also "No-one in America should go hungry" Of course prisoners get three meals a day. ' I have no idea why she is encouraged.Me neither..... She's probably encouraged because the numbers are down. The numbers are probably down because many people died from hunger, so they can't be considered hungry anymore. Child poverty At the top of the child poverty league are Denmark and Finland with child poverty rates of less than 3 per cent. At the bottom are the United States and Mexico, with child poverty rates of more than 20 per cent. There are so many Western governments, that, while supposedly democratic, can seem genuine in their promises to maintain living standards, but the realities clearly don't measure up. The exception generally seems to be Scandinavian countries, like Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, who consistently show that the system can work in a manner that is practical. If they can do it they need to be copied. It's easy to claim there are different situations. Absolutely. But the similarity is at least the institution of democracy. But then there's the money. The exception generally seems to be Scandinavian countries, like Sweden, Norway, and Denmark,I am English but choose to live in Norway, and do you know that even after paying all my taxes of which some will go to support these social services i still have more cash at my disposal than i ever had in other countries.... YES it works, all you need is to do it... |
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