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America has failed the people there?

The freshest of Agriculture statistics for 2007 were served up this week 'by the U.S. Department of. Approximately 36.2 million people, struggled with some form of hunger (or long-term use of the government to "food insecurity.) This is 12.2 percent of the population – one in eight Americans. Among them. . . some 691 000 children. The study, published in the journal Health Affairs estimates that medical Bankruptcies affect about 2 million Americans each year, if both debtors and their dependents, including about 700,000 children are counted. "Our study is frightening. Unless you're Bill Gates you only disease are a major away from bankruptcy, "said Dr. David Himmelstein, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Study conducted. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/21/i-have-a-master% E2% 80% 99s-degree i-shouldn% E2% 80% 99T-have-to-do- this / http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0202-08.htm

oh please. Never in the history, it was easier to feed, clothe and protect themselves than it is in the United States today.

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