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by Sone7 3455 days ago
What are you basing that on? I don't buy the idea that America can't afford basic food and shelter for every man woman and child for even a second.

Have you ever thought about how much poverty is negatively affecting the potential future of the US? I suspect the cost to society of children growing up in an environment with constant hunger is much, much larger than the cost of feeding that kid.

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See my edit, with some super-simplified numbers.