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		ars on May 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans have never been so unwilling to relocate... The poverty rate is not high. Actual hunger in the US is so low that they had to pick a new metric "food insecurity" to work on. Maybe travel a bit and see what actual poverty is.

uoaei on May 18, 2023 [–]

Sure, when your options are "eat Jack in the Box's 99¢ two tacos deal or starve" you will eat the tacos.

Can't wait until you people are justifying soylent green in a couple decades.

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