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Did Trump End National Hunger Survey to Hide Growing Hunger Under His Policies? (truthout.org)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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During the first term of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, the Reagan administration denied that hunger and malnutrition were significant issues in the U.S. In response, the Food Research & Action Center and other anti-hunger advocacy groups began developing large-scale hunger surveys to chart the problem. The advocacy groups started collecting large-scale hunger data first in Connecticut

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is an exception to Betteridge’s Law

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A lot of that going around these days. "Does fascist thing that fascists are doing prove that they are fascist?" seems to be a common thematic headline in the last 8 months.

I was literally thinking this yesterday about two separate articles.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

"If we stop testing, the cases will go down"

[–] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 2 points 2 months ago

@cm0002 no he did it because he cares too much and it made him sad

[–] generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago

He ended it because he'll never be hungry and doesn't give a fuck about anyone who is