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the widening food gap between poor and wealthy
"Mayo" > wrote in message ...
> On 9/6/2014 2:20 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 10:20:16 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
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>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>> > Higher costs and limited supermarket access are cited as barriers to
>>>> > good health. Of course, fair and amusement park food isn't mentioned
>>>> > because as with recreational drugs, poor people can't afford it.
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>>>> > Notice that the article says: Today **two-thirds** of Americans of
>>>> > all
>>>> > classes are overweight or obese, with higher rates among the poor.
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>>>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...r-food-health/
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>>>> many of the poor seem to find a way to buy illegal drugs and
>>>> alcohol. It is
>>>> much easier when the taxpayer picks up their living expenses.
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>>> Your opinion hasn't been proven to be true via mandated testing of the
>>> poor.
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>> I was listening to a report about a city in USA which is nearly
>> bankrupt. Many people have lost their jobs and are finding things so
>> hard they cannot afford their water bills and their supply is being
>> turned off I would like to think that they can find such generous
>> folk as those here, so that at least their children can get breakfast!
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>> I can't remember the name, I think it began with a B.
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> D, as in Detroit.
Ahh yes!
> Ruined by the greedy auto unions, plagued by corrupt leadership, now an
> urban graveyard.
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