Hungry working poor in New York City turn to food pantries for emergency help in greater numbers

This Reuters video which lasts about a minute points out that 1 in 5 New York City citizens rely on emergency food. 42% of food pantry recipients are working poor working 40 hours per week or more.

Something stinks in America when the Bush administration gives tax cuts to the rich and the working poor can't afford to eat. So much for trickle down economics and the market economy as being the best way to distribute the necessary resources in life.

While the cable news channels argue over why Barack Obama is a member of Jermiah Wright's church as if this was an important issue, people in the United States are hungry in the richest nation on earth.

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