Millions Of Americans Face Hunger And Food Insecurity This Holiday Season

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During the pandemic, nonessential businesses were ordered to shut down and had to lay off or furlough their employees. Companies couldn’t survive the closures and permanently ceased operations. Millions of workers were left bereft of jobs. Now, millions of Americans face hunger and food insecurity.

Yashar Ali tweeted, “See this long line of cars? It's your fellow Americans waiting to pick up food from the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank. Many of these folks have helped to make your lives easier. They may be ashamed to ask for help, so you should just give it.”

Roger Clark tweeted, “Long lines on a chilly day for Food Distribution in the South #Bronx - @huntspointmkt and @Salamancajr80 getting #food to folks for holidays and beyond #NYC.” During the initial dark months of the pandemic, the U.S. witnessed alarmingly record-high unemployment. People went through their meager emergency funds, lost their jobs, apartments and homes. A lot of people were able to find work, got by on unemployment benefits and the federal government stimulus check. Unfortunately, millions of Americans were not able to get back up on their feet and currently face food and housing insecurity this holiday season. It's estimated that, in the U.S.

About half of the 2,000 people polled say they’ve struggled to afford food, while 37% report skipping meals themselves, so that there would be enough food for their children to eat. Yet, 63% said they didn’t realize they were experiencing food insecurity.

 

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When I see all the nice costly cars, where in Hell are they starving? Sell the Car and you will have plenty of food on the table. You can always get a cheaper car later. Leeches in my eyes!

Food insecurity is not because of less food in the world .... it is because of inequitable distribution of wealth and also because of wrong priorities of Govt . ZeroHunger Food foodsecurity

Isn't this a shame that this is happening in the world's richest country? Yet, they have over a trillion dollars to spend on the military and national security.

They should stop paying salary to government employees until stimulus approved

Thank Mitch McConnell and how do-nothing Senate for this....no federal as families go hungry

Another shutdown wouldb help out a lot. 🤔

Dicen q se debe tener auto para ir a recoger la donación de alimentos, solo se habre el baul, le ingresan la comida y se cierra sin dejar q los voluntarios tengan contacto. ¿Pero qué pasa con los q No tienen coche?

money education needs to be put into schools or else this will keep happening in a society that's driven by shiny object syndrome

Uet they still drive 50k$ cars. So instead of paying 300$/m for your car, get yourself a twingo for 3k$ and get food for the kids

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