I stand by my statement, and echo JV's comments. I work in one of the places society uses to fix all its problems: an Emergency Dept. Find a drunk passed out? Take him to the hospital. Some teenage runaway caught by the cops? Take her to the hospital. Grandma living alone but shouldn't be? Take her to the hospital.

Not once, in my 24 years of medicine have I seen someone honestly "starving" from lack of food in the USA. Will I admit there may be some who are hungry for a day or two, now and then? Of course. But "starving"? I don't believe that. I think it is "conventional wisdom" mixed with "political correctness" mixed with "middle class guilt".

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