San Francisco - One in four California households with children reported food hardship, according to a new analysis of Gallup data released last Thursday by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).
“It’s disturbing, but not surprising,” said Kelly Hardy, director of health policy at Children Now.
The report analyzed data gathered as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index project’s responses to the question: “Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?”
“It sends a clear signal of economic distress, particularly for families with children,” noted James Weill, president of FRAC. “The answers to the question reveal there are times that these families are going without eating a meal, or the parents are skipping a meal for their children, or children are skipping meals.”
California had the second highest number of metropolitan areas with rates of food hardship in households with children in 2009-2010, according to the report.
6 comments:
What they should do is raise taxes , create a big bloated government buracracy to take the taxes, use 60% of the tax money to fund the buracracy, and then use the other 40% to feed the children.
Oh, wait the increased taxes will just mean more families won't be able to feed their children, so they will have to raise taxes even more and make a bigger buraracy, etc etc!
Stupid Libs!
Where are the Hollywood A listers??!? Always talking about giving to the poor and that Republicans are the bad guys...? So go feed the poor in your state with your mega millions!!
this is what happens when you invite millions of illegal aliens to set up shop in your state. Just wait maryland will be the next state proclaiming this.
Let them live in their liberal utopia that they voted for...enjoy the free ride.
12:57 that's all that needs to said the liberal A holes got just what they deserve.
Wonder how many of them reported "cigarette hardship?" I have worked with poor and "disadvantaged" people for years and I can assure you they always manage to get their cigarettes, booze and (if they use) their drugs!
...and 8:54 California already has all that! Stupid Libs, indeed!!
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