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US hunger rate now triple that of China
Posted: November 27th, 2012, 1:02 am
by HenryGeorge
Posted: November 28th, 2012, 12:05 pm
by Falcon
Sharing, and affordability, have a lot to do with it.
In China, food is incredibly affordable ($1 USD for an average meal in most parts of China!), and furthermore, you constantly get invited to free meals by friendly locals. In China, I just get something right away whenever I'm hungry, whereas in the US I'm always hesitating to buy snacks because of the high costs. When one baozi 包子 (shown below) jam-packed with ground meat or red bean paste costs only ONE YUAN (15 US cents), why wouldn't you? Now compare that to low-quality burgers in the US that cost a whopping $5 USD (over 30 Chinese yuan).
Americans are individualistic, isolated creatures who dislike sharing. The supermarkets are overflowing with food, but many people can't afford the overpriced, overstocked food. In the U.S., people get invited to meals far less than in China. Americans often don't like it when you eat their food; they want everything to themselves.
Re: US hunger rate triple that in China
Posted: November 28th, 2012, 12:14 pm
by OutWest
Ever hear of food stamps? They are being used at an all time high. If one says that they cannot afford to buy food, hence they are receiving food stamps, it does not mean they ever went hungry.
Outwest
Posted: November 28th, 2012, 12:19 pm
by Falcon
Nevertheless, there are still more hungry Chinese than hungry Americans. OutWest was right about the food stamps. Prices of many foods have been going up in China, so that many peasants with incredibly low incomes can't afford them anymore, and have to switch to very imbalanced diets.
Re: US hunger rate triple that in China
Posted: December 2nd, 2012, 3:51 am
by Ginger
Deleted my own post
Re: US hunger rate triple that in China
Posted: December 2nd, 2012, 9:32 am
by OutWest
Ginger wrote:OutWest wrote:
Ever hear of food stamps? They are being used at an all time high. If one says that they cannot afford to buy food, hence they are receiving food stamps, it does not mean they ever went hungry.
Outwest
I suspected the same, the 'selfish/grab what you can' attitude makes them report they are going 'hungry', so they can get free stuff. Just the other day I was talking to someone from the US who receives food stamps and an unemployment cheque yet he looks very robust and his apartment looks a lot better than mine. If he is indeed 'going hungry' and needs to live off of welfare, how come he has great internet, looks very healthy, and eats well (he was eating burger and ice cream on cam). Those foods are like treats for most of the population of SEA, even those with work. Yeah right, americans are going hungry. Anyways, maybe some claims are valid, but I suspect majority of those living from food stamps and welfare are plain lazy and opportunistic.
In my definition, going hungry means you cannot afford to feed yourself at least twice a day with plain rice. Anything more than that means you are still 'wealthy' compared to a high percentage of the humans on this planet.
Ginger-
So far as I know, the lowest socioeconomic classes in the USA are also the fattest. Generally, the term "The hungry" in the US is a term used in statistics so that some overpaid fat-@$$ bureaucrats can justify their budget.
These complainers in the USA have NO idea what a shantytown or squatter area is like in the Philippines.
Outwest
Posted: December 2nd, 2012, 9:45 am
by abcdavid01
Damn right! My sister's on food stamps, but she lives 30 minutes away from the rest of our family, we're all upper middle class, and my dad even offered to buy her groceries! No wonder America's bankrupt! I have zero sympathy for her.
Posted: December 2nd, 2012, 11:51 am
by Banano
Define what 'hungry' means
In america you can be considered hungry but you drive V8 car and eat burgers, have cable internet
America is still one of the best places to live and if dating wasnt scewed up like it is US would be almost like paradise, plenty of food and p***y for averge Joe Blowjob
Posted: December 2nd, 2012, 12:30 pm
by abcdavid01
If I wasn't concerned with creating a family, I'd just stay here in America living off welfare and getting as much p***y as possible. However, I am concerned with creating a family and the welfare moochers are going to be in for a rude awakening in the coming decades. I don't want my future generations to suffer through insolvency and the riots that will come with it.