A survey released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found higher levels of food insecurity this year than during the summer of 2020, when the coronavirus outbreak sparked double-digit unemployment.
The New York Fed periodically asks Americans whether they’re having to skip meals, having to rely on food donations or receiving federal assistance to buy groceries. Replies from the most recent survey, in February, show hunger is a more pervasive problem now than at any time in the last six years.
I don’t think we have spent enough time considering how groundbreaking the COVID response was.
Suddenly, there was a safety net. All COVID-related medical expenses were covered by the government, testing was free. When vaccines came out, they also were free and distributed with an equivalency-focused, needs-based attitude.
It was like the catastrophe showed what life can be like, what a huge benefit free healthcare is, and how much being able to rely on stabilization helps out everybody.
Then came 2022 and it was literally all over. Suddenly, you have to pay for everything, and the poorest feel the pain of hunger again. For literally no good reason, as there is plenty money sloshing around.
Could not agree more, we had an absolutely revolutionary moment where we could have locked a bunch of that stuff in place and started building an economy that actually works for people, but Biden and moderate Dems were all “We need to go back to ‘normal’! ‘Normal’ polls good!” because they have no fucking idea how politics works and spend time chasing trends instead of making them, and now we have no safety net and no Democratic president.
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If you are not already hooked up with mutual aid groups in your area, and one is available, doing so may unlock some additional resources for you. Local Food, Not Bombs chapters are also good. No one should have to go hungry.
https://www.mutualaidhub.org/ https://organize.directory/location http://www.foodnotbombs.net/new_site/contacts.php
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I’m sorry. Are there any food drives near you?
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Hey someone’s gotta sacrifice for shareholders. Business is booming you see AI? Layoffs to make money for more
executive bonusesinnovative AI experiences.
My fiance has numerous food allergies so food (like dairy and corn) already costs 50+% more for her than me. So for people like her with dietary restrictions it’s even more egregious.
But the DOW!
Huh, imagine. Both things occurred under Pumpkinhead, a Repedopublican.
I’m trying to understand why anyone aches to put these guys in charge. I mean, W’s two terms both started and ended miserably - W started with dot-com bubble imploding, and rounded out with too-big-to-fail banks crashing, with Katrina and Iraq to top it off.
Unless you are in the upper 1% of 1% - then, I totally get it. Massive handouts to those guys.
But for everyone else - just why in the fuck would you want a Repedopublican running anything? Not one of them should ever be allowed into any office at any level.
Propaganda. They don’t really live in reality.
The people who vote for them see themselves as the temporarily disadvantaged 1%
The poors vote for them because they’re bigots and the richies vote for them because they’re bigots and corrupt. Like, even more corrupt than usual for politicians.
Something something better for the economy something something bring down our debt something something prosperity something something taxes have never been this high. In other words them inhaling the fumes of short memory and tall tales.
