[Content Note: Hunger.]
24%: The percentage of people in both the United States and Greece who answered "yes" to the question: "Have there been times during the last year when you did not have enough money to buy food your family needed?"
Digby, wryly: "The good news is that the stock market is roaring and the top 1% have been doing really well. So that's good."
If only Mitt Romney were the only selfish fuck in this country who believes that people aren't entitled to food. Unfortunately, there are enough of us that nearly a quarter of the nation is struggling to access the food they need.
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