Re:US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults
by hn8788 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @05:39PM
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The difference is that before you could try and do something about those problems, even if politicians didn't care. Now those problems still exist, but people are forced to stay at home because keeping a low infection rate is all people care about.
Re:US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults
by heavyset_go on Thursday April 01, 2021 @05:45PM
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There are certainly responses politicians could have made to help with mental health, loss of income, hunger and homelessness before the pandemic and during it. The problems existed before the pandemic and required a solution, and the problems still exist during the pandemic and require a solution.
The issue is that the solution to either of those problems upset those who finance politicians. There are powerful people who would rather have others starve, die from exposure and go without treatment for their mental illnesses than give them the resources they need to live dignified lives.
It seems to me as if many politicians have never taken those things seriously, before the pandemic or during it.
I've also noticed that some politicians suddenly say that they care about those problems during lockdowns, yet they haven't pushed for any legislation to actually help mitigate those deep-seated issues. It seems to me like they're just using those issues, and the suffering of others, as tools to complain about policy they don't like.