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Subject: Re: Re: Extent of hunger in America: Dec
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:21:00 EST
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[Linda Seltzer linda@amdcad]]
> Why do people feel that people have to be down to their last
> nickel, in desparate, destitute condition, before anyone
> should help them?  We should be helping people long before it
> gets to that state.  

I couldn't agree more. But all problems cannot  be solved
with food baskets. A full stomach does not prevent one from
being poor in this country. Poverty in USA means being trapped
in a subculture. The two worst problems of the poor here
are clearly crime and ignorance. If you want to help the
poor, show them a way *out*, instead of just shoving Christmas
pies *in*.

		Jan Wasilewsky