No wonder this thread has so many posts, 99% of them are Janie babbling on with pages upon pages of stats, etc that nobody cares about (sorry to burst your bubble, Janie). And Dianavan poking her nose in everyonce in awhile to make some bullshit comment.."...The best indicator of poverty is hunger. The most startling fact is the number of children in the U.S. who are hungry.

I'd like to know how AWG, kipp, or Dickie would go about solving this problem.

My guess is that they don't give a damn..."   Good one Dianavan, how do you know the number of children in the US who are hungry ?? I bet you don't have a clue. And how do you know how Dickie, Kipp or myself feel about hunger amongst children. Dianavan, you are an idiot, plain and simple. I said I wouldn't resort to the name calling, etc that others here are so fond of, but there's no way Im letting this one go.    Oh, and Bobert, you make some pretty big assumptions when you say 5% of taxes go to the rich. How do you know this ? Is this your answer as to why the USA is running such a high deficit ? Have you ever seen a federal budget, or any government budget for that matter ?? Check one out sometime. Have a great day.