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This is a function of the fact that in the modern U.S. some of the cheapest food on the market is extremely unhealthy and causes obesity.I notice that a high % of poor benefits-only Americans who appear on television in progs like '#Judge Judy' are extremely fat. In some countries this is a sign of extreme wealth.
What food would that be?This is a function of the fact that in the modern U.S. some of the cheapest food on the market is extremely unhealthy and causes obesity.
Fast food is the most obvious. But there are also plenty of things like Top Ramen, Mac 'n' Cheese and other artificial, preservative-stuffed crap you can buy at the grocery store. (Did I mention soda?What food would that be?
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Interesting point mate.Fast food is the most obvious. But there are also plenty of things like Top Ramen, Mac 'n' Cheese and other artificial, preservative-stuffed crap you can buy at the grocery store. (Did I mention soda?
We've literally inverted the social order of body type. Used to be that the rich people were overweight and the poor were scrawny. Now the rich are skinny and fit and the poor are obese. (I'm generalizing of course, but that's the trend.)
Given that far brighter minds than you will find on RF have had this supposed solution elude their thinking for as long as there has been civilization I rather doubt that you will find any workable ideas generated from the RF hoards. Due to the nature of our current global economy I don't believe there is any workable solution.How do we create a solution for poverty in the United States?
Now now! Let's not get all prejudiced about fast-food. Fast food standards are now extremely high because these huge franchise based organisations had to step up, many years ago, to meet the allegations which led to the term 'junk-food'. Over the years I have noticed that expensive restaurants often get nailed by our health inspection teams. We forget about those!Fast food is the most obvious. But there are also plenty of things like Top Ramen, Mac 'n' Cheese and other artificial, preservative-stuffed crap you can buy at the grocery store. (Did I mention soda?
Yes............ but the main reason is different from your suggestion. Yes, Fast-food does contain more nutrients per gram (on average) than more expensive diets, including fats. But fats are not auto-bad. The problem lies with eating culture and living culture. Look at these paras I just dug up off wiki:-We've literally inverted the social order of body type. Used to be that the rich people were overweight and the poor were scrawny. Now the rich are skinny and fit and the poor are obese. (I'm generalizing of course, but that's the trend.)
Apply the third pillar of Islam, zakat, or something similar. It tells the financially capable only to pay a very small percentage of their wealth to the poor. This means the more rich the more payed.
Where I live, poverty is greatly minimized with it.
If I lived in USA, I would pay it to the poor over there. I can't do it from here since there are poor around me already and my income is not good enough to give many.
Oh wait, it is part of Sharia law, and people hate Sharia law. It must be a bad thing just because of that, right?
We already get heavily taxed by income percentage and pay for tons of low income people to live off of our welfare systems. I really do mean tons. The system just doesn't work well with so many wanting a seat at the table - way too many people means the resources allocated for low income folks are spread thin.
Define poverty? I think we could take some of the money we waste on people who don't need it and the military, and put it toward building soup kitchen/homeless shelter-like places. Just imagine how big a step forward it would be if anyone could have a place to live and sustain themselves. It doesn't need to be enormously expensive.How do we create a solution for poverty in the United States?
Given that far brighter minds than you will find on RF have had this supposed solution elude their thinking for as long as there has been civilization I rather doubt that you will find any workable ideas generated from the RF hoards. Due to the nature of our current global economy I don't believe there is any workable solution.
Here are the components of (as I vaguely recall) something proposed by the Cato Institute.How do we create a solution for poverty in the United States?
We could start by waging war on poverty, not the poor.How do we create a solution for poverty in the United States?