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Subject: Re: The Reason For Hunger
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At last I'm an expert.  Ever been to Newark, Tim?  I lived there and
in immdeiately surrounding towns for 99% of my life.  Newark is not
typical in any way of the US.  It used to be quite a nice place to live.
Not so anymore.  Why? It is debateable.  However it is not debateable
that Newark is highly atypical.  I know people who live in Livingston, NJ.
(Fairly ritzy if you're not familiar with NJ towns).  They could give
a lot of equally meaningless personal reports.

The flaw with the report (as presented here) is that it doesn't try
to MEASURE hunger, it just plays with statistics.  Especially, it
assumes that the total resources available to the "hungry" are
defined by the input described.  This is untrue.

Now for my meaningless personal report.  I know a person who is totally
dependent on government aid for her support, no children, and who
runs out of food stamps early sometimes.  I'm not sympathetic.
Why? Am I just a cruel Reaganite?  No, I'm a compassionate Reaganite,
like most of us, but I know what she does with her money.  Largely
it is wasted on consumer goods.  She exhibits no frugality and as
such I think that her problems are mostly her fault.  

If there were kids, I'd try to help them, kids aren't responsible for
the idiocy of their parents.  Unfortunately, to do that it would
be necessary to get the kids out of her control. (in the hypothetical
case, since as I've said, she doesn't have any).

Well, I guess that proves that all social spending is wasted, right Tim?

Guy