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EvilEyedPanda, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

But we have alot of bombs, and big boats with bigger guns. Murica!

perviouslyiner, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

When this happened in the UK, a footballer had to shame the government into fixing it

shalafi, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

Got my kids back after 4 years of custody battle. They eat white rice, ramen noodles, white bread, potatoes and Kool-Aid popsicles. Anything else is far too flavorful.

What kinda loser do you have to be to not feed little kids?!

ZeroCool,
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Got my kids back after 4 years of custody battle. They eat white rice, ramen noodles, white bread, potatoes and Kool-Aid popsicles. Anything else is far too flavorful.

What kinda loser do you have to be to not feed little kids?!

What a remarkably ignorant thing to say. You sound like the kind of ignorant, aggressively unempathetic, jerk that probably shouldn’t be winning any custody battles.

Passerby6497, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

Don’t forget about republicans’ efforts to sabotage any free meal programs they can. If parents get priced out of food because of corporate greed, you can’t expect the state to pick up the tab, can you???

InternetUser2012, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

BECAUSE OF CORPORATE FUCKING GREED.

queermunist,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Let’s not pretend small business greed is blameless.

Treczoks,

Enabled by political corruption.

BigMacHole, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

This makes me SO HAPPY!

-Christ Loving Republicans who have no problem with their Tax Dollars paying for Jeff Bezos new Yacht.

Ranvier, (edited ) to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

There’s summer EBT, available nationwide for states that opt in, bringing eligible families $120 as a summer grocery benefit—which has been found to decrease by a third the number of households with children who sometimes went hungry. (But despite that, 14 states, including Georgia, Alabama, and Texas, have not opted in.)

State governments that would prefer children starve

bolexforsoup,

Mitch McConnell despite all his big talk and rat fuckery/snake-like dealings has the common sense to accept tons of federal funding for Kentucky as he rails against the federal government

Drusas, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

This has always been the case. It's just that nobody cared/could do anything about it. Now, there's an effort to feed these kids, but if course the Republicans have to fight it.

givesomefucks, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

This isn’t just a danger due to physical concerns or growth stunting.

It wires these kids brains for a resource scarce life. Which makes them think short term only.

People always talk about why everyone’s crashing out these days, this is why.

cheese_greater,

Is there a resource I can read more about this.

Sounds like me to a t

givesomefucks,

Here’s a general article, but there’s lots of academic studies available if you search:

psychologicalscience.org/…/how-poverty-affects-th…

It doesn’t just have to be when young, poverty fucks your brain up because for the vast majority of human evolution, if you were hungry or didn’t have shelter, that was what you needed to focus on.

It’s Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

If you don’t know what that is, that’s a good place to start. Then read up how the absence effects people.

cheese_greater,

Thank you. I’m going to take a few days to unwind before I take it all in but this looks like a solid overview. Its always better to be aware and conscious of this stuff.

givesomefucks,

Oh for sure, the wealthy know all about this.

Despite everything they try to distract us with, it’s a class war and only one side has the energy after surviving to fight it.

The more normal people aware of it, the more progressives get elected, and the better our chances of living in a functional society again.

Drusas,

I grew up food insecure when I was very young, and you really don't get over it. It's been hard not to hoard food as an adult.

givesomefucks,

It’s generational too…

My mom had a very poor hillbilly childhood. My friends never understood why I have like 4-6 months worth of food in the pantry at all times instead of just buying as I eat.

Even in college when everyone was always broke, pantry just has to stay stocked. There always has to be a cushion.

I wouldn’t really call that food hoarding though, but it’s subjective

Drusas,

Keeping six months of food on hand is definitely hoarding.

But I get it.

givesomefucks,

6 months is stretching it.

But the pantry and freezer stays full. Like zombie survival type rationing I could probably go 6 months. But that all stays good forever, whatever I use I just re-up and put it at the back and move it all up.

Beats having to do home canning like I had to help with growing up tho lol.

BlameThePeacock, to politics in America’s kids are going hungry over the summer because their parents can’t afford food

Richest country in the world…

Sure.

lennybird,
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Oh it is.

… It’s just all in the top 0.1% and corporate coffers.

newthrowaway20,

Yep. They didn’t say anything about sharing those riches with anyone.

buzz86us, to world in Bank of America tells Detroit’s Big 3 they can’t make money in China and should just leave the hypercompetitive car market ‘as soon as they possibly can’

I would buy a Wuling MiniEV, or a Bingo

jordanlund, to world in Bank of America tells Detroit’s Big 3 they can’t make money in China and should just leave the hypercompetitive car market ‘as soon as they possibly can’
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Somebody needs to tell them about Buick in China.

Zorg,
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Apparently decreasing sales, but half a million Buicks sold in 2023, plus the whole: “GM China sales decreased nine percent to 2,098,980 units during the complete 2023 calendar year. Sales decreased at all five brands marketed by GM in the Asian country, including Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Baojun and Wuling.”
gmauthority.com/…/gm-china-sales-figures-numbers-…

At that scale, it would be extremely embarrassing if GM can’t stay competitive & profitable.

Anarch157a, to world in Bank of America tells Detroit’s Big 3 they can’t make money in China and should just leave the hypercompetitive car market ‘as soon as they possibly can’
@Anarch157a@lemmy.world avatar

I read this as “We’re not competitive on a global market anymore, so let’s retreat into an shrinking niche, until we’re gone or someone buys us”.

Sure, they can’t compete in price, considering Chinese subsidies, but how about competing in the upper market, with quality and sophistication… Oh, wait… those are US car makers. They wouldn’t know quality if it smacked them in the face.

Well, then. Leave the low end to China and the high end to Germany and Japan then.

GiveMemes,

The corvette is the best track car for the price by far, same with certain camaros. And I’m not talking about Nascar tracks, I mean nordschleife times.

AA5B,

Is there enough of a market for Corvettes to support a global manufacturer?

kinther, to world in Bank of America tells Detroit’s Big 3 they can’t make money in China and should just leave the hypercompetitive car market ‘as soon as they possibly can’
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Surprise, surprise. Bank who wants infinite growth of stock prices tells companies to lower costs to be more competitive. Guess where that will come from?

Either quality or labor costs. It isn’t coming from the CEO’s pockets.

Gorgritch_umie_killa,
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The car industry execs should be laughing their heads off at naive bank execs assuming they know more about it than the car execs. Don’t they think the car execs already know what the risk and competitive nature of their own business.

Guess what bankers, this is how you produce positive growth in a real productive industry, and its risky business. Instead the bankers prescription assumes managed decline.

It’s like that new guy at work who constantly tells everyone about ‘hacks’ only they’ve discovered, when everybody already knows about them.

Ghostalmedia, to world in Bank of America tells Detroit’s Big 3 they can’t make money in China and should just leave the hypercompetitive car market ‘as soon as they possibly can’
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