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Re:The Real Adam Smith by JoeAltmaier on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:51AM (#16177432)
Ok, done. 15% are 'food insecure' which is a broad range including 'skip a meal sometimes'.

15% worldwide live on less than 1.25 a day. So again, comparing America's poor with the world is like night and day.

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Re:The Real Adam Smith by YPCrumble on Thursday January 18, 2018 @10:05AM (#16177557)
I'll take your response as agreeing with me that saying that one tenth of one percent of Americans are hungry was completely and utterly wrong :).
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Re:The Real Adam Smith by JoeAltmaier on Thursday January 18, 2018 @10:13AM (#16177621)
If only that had been said. It was the trifecta "hungry, homeless and diseased" that was referenced.
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