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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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More food, Less Weapons. Maybe we could eat the soldiers?
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Please release funding immediatley to address this growing global crisis. Food shortages. Rice, wheat, corn ect. And we must stop giving farmers so much insentives to using grain for ethanol(fuel). We must start feeding people. Not worrying about fuel for are cars.
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I believe all people have a right to access food that can sustain health. With health comes extended productivity and partnerships rather than an epidemic of starvation.
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the only way to decrease the cost of food and housing is to decrease populations (supply and demand). people have bred themselves out of water, land and food and soon a planet. Get real: mandatory birth control.
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This money would be infinitely better spent than on Bush's insane, needless war.
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Food is the most basic and essential thing needed for life. Affordable food is even more important than affordable gas and homes.
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As well as emergency funding of disaster assistance, please pay close attention to the sources of the problem. Growing food in order to burn it as fuel doesn't make sense. Investing in renewable sources of energy, conserving energy, etc. etc. does. Yours sincerely Helen Carter
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I feel that congress favors the rich celebs and wealthy.They hardly care about the poor or middle class.It is very hard to earn a liveing with children.I went to the store and got angry with thier high food prices.I did not buy nothing that day cause some of us can,t afford that.The poor can hardly feed themselves you must lower prices stop biofuels they are responsible for high food.
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First we were loosing our homes while the price of diesel and gas just kept rising, as the cost of groceries. What are we to do. Our government need to step in. I know they are not suffering like we are. We need help NOW!!!!!!
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PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!
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