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[Michael Eisenscher]

A)  There is hunger in America.  Just because bodies are not being stacked
like cordwood does not mean that hunger does not exist.  There are folks,
however, who go to bed (when they have one) hungry at night, children who
show up at school not having had breakfast, and elderly who survive on one
meal per day.

B)  There is malnurishment in America.  Both on the basis of caloric intake
and nutrition, there are a fair number of folks who do not receive a
minimally adequate diet.  This, in turn, is the cause of numerous other
health problems.

C)  There is not yet a serious problem of starvation, although there may be
widely scattered instances.

Are these distinctions important?  Are they worth making?  Is there evidence
to support these assertions?

I contend that much hunger and malnutrition is hidden from view.  It exists
in pockets of deep poverty, in rural areas, on Indian Reservations, among
the most vulnerable segments of the population (children and elderly) in
numbers that should be an embarassment to any civilized society, more so to
the richest nation on earth.

In solidarity,
Michael E.