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Should America provide more funding for SNAP? If so, how much of an increase? If not, how does the current funding seem appropriate?
I think that there is absolutely no reason for America to not provide more funding for not only SNAP, but numerous other food-assistance programs. Frankly, these programs should see as much of an increase as they need to stabilize the food situation in our country. As Raj Patel states in A Place at the Table, as Americans, we would be willing to go to war if we saw another country handicapping their children as we currently do with various food and meal programs. I find is something of a crime against humanity that our country has attempted to set up various programs in order to aid, but actually only keep hunger a viscous and repeating cycle How should Americans define “food insecurity?” How should Americans define “starving? What solutions can Americans use to overcome food insecurity and starving in America? Americans should define food insecurity much as the word is presented to us in A Place at the Table - not knowing when or where your next meal is going to come from. This notion is simple and gets the point across, but it also frightful to truly think about. 'Starving' is a word that we Americans often abuse. Most people will feel the first pangs of hunger and declare that they are starving when it simply is not the case. We should define starving as much of the rest of the world does, a state that occurs when one is in the process of dying from their hunger. My previous answer will shed light into how we as Americans can overcome food insecurity and starving - I believe there is amount of spending too high when it comes to ending our hunger issues. As a nation that prides itself on being strong, we are ignorant to willing handicap our citizens in this manner. Do you live in a food desert? How can America feed people who live in food deserts? According to my own insight, as well as the USDA's map of the area, I do not live in a food desert. American could begin to feed the staggering amount of people who reside in a food desert in numerous ways. First, the government could make sure that healthy foods are shipped to whatever grocery stores are currently in a specific area, or there could be governmental grocery stores set up in low income food desert locations. Should America rely on charities to feed the hungry? How much of a reliance? America should in no way rely on charities to feed the hungry. Of course, it is great to see so many different groups reach out and help those who do not have enough to eat, but under no circumstance should this be the be all end all situation. In what ways can America better subsidize the farming industry and its crop production? America can better subsidize the farming industry in order better incentivize the production of healthier end-products. In the current market, cheaper, less healthy foods are more available to the masses, causing both obesity and ultimately hunger to take over. What are the most common myths and misconceptions about those who depend on food banks and other food assistance programs? I think that one of the most common myths about those who have to rely on food banks and other programs is that many of them are simply not poor, homeless people, but often regular, blue-collar Americans who simply cannot make enough money to support and feed their respective families. I can admit that for a time of my life, I thought the same but I have spent countless hours volunteering my time to various programs and food banks. Seeing the people who truly rely on your help and service is truly humbling.
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In this post, I will take the general structure of my This I Wonder essay and attempt to transform it into a found poem - a technique that will change spacing and the general flow of my prose into a new creation altogether.
The gas stove clicks on My cigarette is lit Confusion runs all about She enters quietly She looks lost I am too Smoke is exhaled Words do not come The room is now empty Towers of boxes stand, quietly Dreams are being dashed Still the words do not come A chapter ends now A tale never written Remembered by history for the taste of blood Time moves forward Lives are changed Suddenly, clarity creates happiness |