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That much wealth could probably fund every food bank in the country indefinitely, even at extremely conservative returns.


> That much wealth could probably fund every food bank in the country indefinitely

That seems like an incredibly stupid way to spend money that has been eradicating diseases and saving lives in countries where food insecurity isn’t a choice.


Food insecurity is a choice in the US? I suppose yes, if you mean it's the government's choice: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/food-banks-usda-cuts-im...


> Food insecurity is a choice in the US? I suppose yes, if you mean it's the government's choice

That’s what I mean. Like the housing shortage, food insecurity is trivially solved if voters cared about it. We don’t at almost every political level.


Do food banks lack funding? In my region they often struggle to give away food before throwing it out. Even the poor in America don’t starve.




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