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Default the widening food gap between poor and wealthy

On 06/09/2014 1:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-09-06 3:41 PM, sf wrote:
>
>>>> Notice that the article says: Today **two-thirds** of Americans of all
>>>> classes are overweight or obese, with higher rates among the poor.
>>>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...r-food-health/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>

>> Your opinion hasn't been proven to be true via mandated testing of the
>> poor.

>
> Actually, that opinion has been proven. There is a high correlation
> between poverty and alcohol and drug abuse. For some people, it is a
> matter of priorities, and they will spend their money getting drunk or
> stoned rather than spending it on food, clothing and housing.
>
>

JEEEESUS!!! These arguments are >150 years old with the well-off wanting
to condemn the poor to the slums of the 19th century.
HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED ANYTHING?