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.
We took action on “Congress: Address Rising Food Prices Now!”!
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5:06 pm PDT, May 2,Freya Hall, Florida
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3:27 am PDT, Apr 21,Jennifer Hall, Tennessee
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7:52 pm PDT, Apr 6,Constant Wanham, Massachusetts
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3:23 pm PDT, Apr 3,Deanna Dimond, Illinois
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10:57 am PDT, Mar 25,Keiko Mitsunaga, New York
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11:40 am PST, Mar 1,Mary Gifford, Alabama
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1:58 am PST, Feb 19,Brittany Hoffer, Ohio
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1:43 am PST, Jan 3,Nancy Fanos, California
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10:23 am PST, Jan 1,Kirk Barrett, United Kingdom
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7:38 am PST, Nov 20,Sara J. Schmidt, Missouri
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7:44 pm PST, Nov 17,Melanie Doherty, New York
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1:28 am PST, Nov 16,Marvin Gentz, California
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8:24 pm PST, Nov 2,Sarah Bennett, Texas
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5:10 pm PDT, Nov 1,M s Trammell, Virginia
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12:06 pm PDT, Oct 29,Ann Sumpter, Tennessee
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6:23 pm PDT, Oct 19,Tashia Mccarty, Maryland
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12:24 pm PDT, Oct 17,Sarah Spaulding, California
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8:43 pm PDT, Oct 12,Ali Deckoff-Jones, New Mexico
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4:50 pm PDT, Oct 7,Alan Goodson, California
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11:10 am PDT, Oct 4,Armelle Gloaguen, New York
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11:12 pm PDT, Sep 27,Mary Garton, California
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2:58 am PDT, Sep 26,Carrol Pugh, Kentucky
Why should the food prices go any higher? They are already higher than they need be.
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12:23 pm PDT, Sep 19,Name not displayed, Illinois
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2:16 am PDT, Sep 14,Darlene Davis, Michigan
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8:45 pm PDT, Sep 13,Joanne D. Ferguson, Ohio
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12:16 am PDT, Sep 6,Aaron Franchi, Illinois
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10:52 pm PDT, Aug 29,Mary Hockett, Alabama
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4:13 pm PDT, Aug 17,Valentine Doyle, Connecticut
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1:35 am PDT, Aug 12,Zabrina C. Leith, New Jersey
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9:13 am PDT, Aug 11,Stacy Samson, Oklahoma
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3:08 pm PDT, Aug 9,Donna Benjamin, Oregon
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10:41 am PDT, Aug 8,Mary Detrick, Florida
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9:19 pm PDT, Aug 6,Cheryl Atwell, Missouri
End the war already. You all have stolen enough from the tax payer. You know who pays for wars and it is not the rich. It is the working class. You and yorur International Bankers are robbing the citizens of America. End the greed now.
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2:39 pm PDT, Aug 3,Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts
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11:09 am PDT, Aug 2,Tessa Barker, Oregon
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9:19 am PDT, Jul 27,Andi Laurie Alnwick, New York
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8:26 am PDT, Jul 27,A. Alnwick, New York
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2:05 pm PDT, Jul 26,Name not displayed, Florida
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1:28 pm PDT, Jul 26,Andrea Laurie Alnwick, New York
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11:40 pm PDT, Jul 24,VIDA TOBI KANTER, New York
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9:54 am PDT, Jul 20,Stephen Molk, Ohio
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6:00 pm PDT, Jul 17,Sandra Angeline, California
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10:07 pm PDT, Jul 15,Brian Mullins, Tennessee
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8:34 am PDT, Jul 14,Swati Sircar, Washington
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8:51 pm PDT, Jul 13,Pedro Blanco, Oregon
This is how WARS get started. The people are no longer in control, and the Warlords with the guns will rule the world. The Golden Rule is "He owns the food rule".
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9:28 am PDT, Jul 12,Diane Calhoun, Wisconsin
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5:57 pm PDT, Jul 10,Robert Levitt, Missouri
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8:43 am PDT, Jul 10,Susel Perez, Iowa
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11:18 am PDT, Jul 7,Sarah Galmarini, Ohio
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7:25 am PDT, Jul 7,Ann Roche, Florida
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12:40 pm PDT, Jul 6,Betty Gibson, Florida
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9:12 am PDT, Jul 6,Ani L. Schwartz, New Mexico
To not regulate the price of food such that it is affordable is to participate in mass murder. Global Corporatocracy thinks it is the host, when in reality it is a PARASITE, sucking all life from the earth & converting it to cash, then hoarding it such that the true hosts die.
