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Congress: Address Rising Food Prices Now!
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
Americans are feeling the pain as the cost of living rises. The cost of a barrel of crude oil has doubled in a year, reaching a new record, and higher oil and energy prices affect the entire chain of food production. In 2008, U.S. food prices are expected to rise 4 to 5 percent. That's nearly doubling the already steep increases of the last three years.
The food crisis hits harder in developing countries, where many people already spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food. Before this crisis, 854 million people worldwide were hungry. As many as 100 million people could fall further into poverty because of soaring prices.
We cannot wait until the next appropriations cycle comes in October. People are hungry now. Urge Congress to release funding immediately for emergency disaster assistance so that we can move quickly to get food to those in need.
The food crisis hits harder in developing countries, where many people already spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food. Before this crisis, 854 million people worldwide were hungry. As many as 100 million people could fall further into poverty because of soaring prices.
We cannot wait until the next appropriations cycle comes in October. People are hungry now. Urge Congress to release funding immediately for emergency disaster assistance so that we can move quickly to get food to those in need.
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# 50:
3:59 pm PDT, May 7,
Joy Ellis, Texas
# 49:
3:55 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, New York
# 48:
3:50 pm PDT, May 7,
Lexie Samuelsen, Utah
# 47:
3:44 pm PDT, May 7,
Jay Amling, Alabama
# 46:
3:37 pm PDT, May 7,
Laurel Burns, Maine
# 45:
3:13 pm PDT, May 7,
Vale Sibley, Massachusetts
# 44:
3:10 pm PDT, May 7,
Jason J Green, Virginia
# 43:
3:06 pm PDT, May 7,
Luz Soni, Mexico
# 42:
2:55 pm PDT, May 7,
Marie Mccravey, North Carolina
we have got to take action, it is time to look towards other resources. There are plenty of alternate source that can be use to help our economy run more effciently. But first off we have got to help those in need, it is in humane to let others suffer because we as a country have made poor decisions. Have a heart, every little bit counts!
we have got to take action, it is time to look towards other resources. There are plenty of alternate source that can be use to help our economy run more effciently. But first off we have got to help those in need, it is in humane to let others suffer because we as a country have made poor decisions. Have a heart, every little bit counts!
# 41:
2:47 pm PDT, May 7,
William Harper, Georgia
# 40:
2:45 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Michigan
I cannot afford to feed my children as it is. I am a single mom working a full time job and receiving little or no child support for my children. I receive $101 a month in food benefits from the state. My income at the moment is roughly $800 a month from work and I get another nearly $200 from a pension fund my father had set up. I pay about $185 a month in child support for my son who lives with my ex husband and cannot understand why my food benefits aren't higher. Is our government tryin to starve the working poor to death? What has the "Land of the Free" come to now?? There is no reason why I should have to pay $4 for a gallon of milk and over $2 for a dozen eggs. It's ridiculous and it needs to be stopped before the working poor and the even less fortunate than us starve to death!!
I cannot afford to feed my children as it is. I am a single mom working a full time job and receiving little or no child support for my children. I receive $101 a month in food benefits from the state. My income at the moment is roughly $800 a month from work and I get another nearly $200 from a pension fund my father had set up. I pay about $185 a month in child support for my son who lives with my ex husband and cannot understand why my food benefits aren't higher. Is our government tryin to starve the working poor to death? What has the "Land of the Free" come to now?? There is no reason why I should have to pay $4 for a gallon of milk and over $2 for a dozen eggs. It's ridiculous and it needs to be stopped before the working poor and the even less fortunate than us starve to death!!
# 39:
2:44 pm PDT, May 7,
Philippe Ducreux, France
# 38:
2:42 pm PDT, May 7,
Elena Dragomir, Romania
# 37:
2:41 pm PDT, May 7,
Claire Ellrick, North Carolina
# 36:
2:36 pm PDT, May 7,
Heather Hogge, Virginia
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2:35 pm PDT, May 7,
Patricia Duncan, New York
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2:34 pm PDT, May 7,
Alicia Smith, Illinois
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2:33 pm PDT, May 7,
Anja Gundermann, Germany
# 32:
2:30 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 31:
2:29 pm PDT, May 7,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
The poor are getting poorer due to your laws and taxes already. Who are you to try to actually kill them by denying them food?
The poor are getting poorer due to your laws and taxes already. Who are you to try to actually kill them by denying them food?
# 30:
2:29 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Maryland
# 29:
2:27 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 28:
2:26 pm PDT, May 7,
Margaret Bushless, Pennsylvania
# 27:
2:22 pm PDT, May 7,
Tara Torres, New Jersey
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2:19 pm PDT, May 7,
Terri VanKuipers, Canada
# 25:
2:11 pm PDT, May 7,
Amelia Bellante, Wisconsin
# 24:
2:08 pm PDT, May 7,
Holly Swint, Florida
# 23:
2:05 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Washington D.C.
Food is a basic human need, so stopping the rising cost of food is important for everyone.
Food is a basic human need, so stopping the rising cost of food is important for everyone.
# 22:
2:02 pm PDT, May 7,
Esther Leithmann, Arizona
# 21:
2:00 pm PDT, May 7,
Jeanie Buerger, Massachusetts
please feed the hungry. Its the human thing to do
please feed the hungry. Its the human thing to do
# 20:
1:58 pm PDT, May 7,
Lawrence Thompson, Illinois
# 19:
1:56 pm PDT, May 7,
Margaret Patrick, United Kingdom
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1:49 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, California
# 17:
1:44 pm PDT, May 7,
Armand Fontaine, Texas
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1:37 pm PDT, May 7,
Amanda Layton, Colorado
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1:34 pm PDT, May 7,
Shona Robb, United Kingdom
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1:30 pm PDT, May 7,
Aimee Bennett, Hawaii
# 13:
1:29 pm PDT, May 7,
Molly Lang, Missouri
# 12:
1:23 pm PDT, May 7,
Kayla Philbrick, Maine
You have no idea how hard it is to live pay check to pay check cause you arent in our shoes.
You have no idea how hard it is to live pay check to pay check cause you arent in our shoes.
# 11:
1:22 pm PDT, May 7,
Britney Mann, Florida
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1:15 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Maryland
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1:05 pm PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 8:
1:02 pm PDT, May 7,
Eileen Sarett-Cuasay, Virginia
# 7:
12:55 pm PDT, May 7,
Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
# 6:
12:53 pm PDT, May 7,
Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
# 5:
12:41 pm PDT, May 7,
Dana Hoffman, Minnesota
# 4:
12:34 pm PDT, May 7,
Martina Roski, Germany
# 3:
11:47 am PDT, May 7,
Ashleigh Mott, Maryland
# 2:
11:14 am PDT, May 7,
Cynthia Swisher, North Carolina
Thank you
Thank you
# 1:
4:35 am PDT, May 7,
Mia Hall, Colorado