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From: tedrick@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Extent of hunger in America
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 04:46:20 EST
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Here is my 2 cents worth on hunger in America.
I did volunteer work at Saint Anthony's dining room
in San Francisco a while ago (I quit because I got
very sick one time after going there- serious diseases
are rampant among the people who seek the food- and
also I decided that the real problem was in social
organization, i.e. what is needed is social reform
rather than volunteer work. You don't see such things
in intelligently run countries like Denmark, Austria,
Norway, and Sweden.)

Anyway there is a real and very serious problem with hunger
that I have seen with my own eyes. The condition of those
people is absolutely deplorable, and it is a national disgrace
to allow this situation to exist.

They spend hours waiting in line for food that is worth
about 75 cents (or maybe less). Say a piece of stale bread,
a scoop of some mish-mash, some other small starchy thing,
a pat of butter, a small paper container of sugar,
and a cup of coffee (a small carton of milk for the
children).

Oh, about Richard Carnes. I have seen several flames directed
at him lately. In my opinion he is the single most intelligent
and interesting contributor to the net. Keep on keeping on,
Richard!