In the Richest Country in the World: 1 In Every 5 Americans Struggle to Buy Food (948 hits)
by Barry Burch Jr.
A full four years has passed since the official end to the recession, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the results of a recent poll conducted by Gallup.
The poll shows that a great many people, 1 in 5 actually, are having trouble acquiring a basic necessity for living – food. This is the highest percentage seen since 2011. These people claim that they do not have enough money to buy food for themselves, not to mention their families.
Despite approaching nearly half a decade since 2008, a year that the United States experienced its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression in the 1930s, the poll indicates that Americans have still not been able to reach the pre-recession mark.
In November 2008, the number of families who were reportedly going hungry peaked at 20.4 percent, according to Gallup’s poll.
As reported by NBC News, there were less than 17 percent of people who claimed to have any trouble covering their food bills.
The national polling company stated, “These findings suggest that the economic recovery may be disproportionately benefiting upper-income Americans rather than those who are struggling to fulfill their basic needs.”
You don’t say . . .
The results, also known as the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, are based on telephone interviews. The interviewees, are comprised of approximately 16,000 adults that are 18 and older and living all over the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
One potential reason for Americans finding that they are unable to make ends “meat,” could be stagnant wages.
An annual “Food Security” report ran by the federal government was released last week, revealing that nearly 18 million families had some form of difficulty keeping food on the table in 2012. Those in the report that ran out of money, skipped meals and lost weight due to lack of food.
Negro Proletarian · Top Commenter · Management at Retail Industy With all the food stamps out there.....why are these families not getting food stamps....hmmmm.....maybe because the food stamp program is limited to people with an actual income....maybe you Obama lovers should write him an email about this........ Reply · Like · Follow Post · September 25 at 3:48am
Ree Person · Follow · Johns Hopkins This is something that i could never understand! You have vets who served this country and they are homeless. But will give care to a junkies.......... go figure! Reply · Like · Follow Post · September 22 at 8:00am
Juandero Tinsley · Follow · Top Commenter · Meridian Community College That's a damn shame for a country that claim that its the greatest nation in the world would do this to its people.Apparently its a lie that this suppose to be the greatest nation in the world.And the sad part is that people in this lying ass country don't even care. Reply · Like · Follow Post · September 18 at 1:26am
Tamar Diana Wilson And these were people who had telephones. Those without would have much higher indices of poverty. There is money for waging war, why not divert it to poverty alleviation at home and around the world? Reply · Like · Follow Post · September 18 at 11:46am
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