An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
The best route out of poverty, to avoid food bank usage, is to make sure more people get a job.
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.
Our nation's anti-hunger programs need to be strengthened.
Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a couple of extra pounds a week, welcome though that is.
You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.
Eliminating hunger in America is doable, because we have the resources to do it.
It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
When you are already eating as cheaply and meagerly as possible, any raise in cost can quickly plunge you and your family into hunger.