INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
The Editorial “Food for thought” points out “Pennsylvania ranks 31st in the nation in terms of food insecurity, according to the Food Research and Action Center.” It concludes “Nearly one-sixth of the nation’s families face hunger. This is a curable problem. All it requires is a sensible policy to make sure everyone has enough food to eat.”
An accompanying political cartoon “Hunger in America Report” shows a bag of “empty calories, high fat salty snack” and a “Jumbo sweet Drink” with the comment “Overweight Americans Starving to Death.”
WATCHDOG: It is the combination of the two that earns three wags of the tail. If one has only four dollars to spend for dinner, which would he or she choose: A veggie wrap at Subway (which they no longer offer) or a double quarter pounder with cheese at McDonalds? So poverty may not lead to starvation, but it mandates a diet poor in nutrition.
