No American Goes "Hungry"

[Doug]

Gov't: Hungry Americans No Longer 'Hungry'

Nov. 16, 2006 — A key government report on hunger in America has eliminated that word from its findings but not because there are no longer people in need of nutrition.

A U.S. Agriculture Department report finds the number of households that have difficulty feeding themselves fell from 11.9 percent of the population in 2005 to 11 percent.

But when describing those who don't get enough to eat, roughly 35 million Americans, there has been a change in terminology.

Last year, families without enough money to buy food or families in which parents skip meals so their children can eat were labeled as having "food insecurity with hunger" and now they simply have "very low food security."

...Only in Washington could there be a debate about the meaning of the word "hunger."

See here.

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

And well over 6 million of those going to bed "with low food security" are under the age of 6. When something isn't right in America, good people try to fix it. When something isn't right in America, this administration changes the definitions.