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| Food Banks in Key Swing States Reporting 'Increase in Demand' |
| 2024-10-29 |
| [Breitbart] Food banks in key swing states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin are reporting an “increase in demand” from people waiting in lines for food. Several officials from food banks and organizations that work to bring an end to hunger explained to NBC News that they have seen an increase in the number of people who are in need of food. Officials at the food banks noted that the need has become “significantly higher” than it was during the COVID-19 pandemic. Joe Arthur, the Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, explained to the outlet that his organization has “seen a more than” 50 percent “increase in demand since 2021. “It’s a hunger crisis,” Arthur explained to the outlet. “The need that we’re seeing in our localities is actually as high as it was at the peak of the pandemic, yet there are less resources for those families today.” The outlet noted that food banks “from rural Michigan to midsize towns in Pennsylvania and affluent suburbs in Wisconsin” were reporting the increase in demand from people “over the past several years”: From rural Michigan to midsize towns in Pennsylvania and affluent suburbs in Wisconsin, food banks are reporting record levels of need that have been steadily increasing over the past several years. Despite rising wages and low unemployment rates, many households continue to struggle with escalating costs that have depleted their savings and increased credit card debt, leaving little money left over at the end of the month to put food on the table, food bank directors said. “We have never seen this level in the 43 years we have been serving this community,” Ken Estelle, who serves as the president of Feeding America West Michigan. “It is significantly higher than during Covid and has pressed us beyond our capacity.” |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Rotate your 'disaster pantry' thru the Food Banks. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-29 17:51 |
| #2 Import 10M folks and give them debit cards connected to unlimited federal funds laundered through NGOs. See what that does to food prices. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-10-29 12:26 |
| #1 Likely they are offsetting the 21.8+% Biden Admin Inflation rate. But down here in Mid Eastern GA. metro areas. We are seeing people visiting multiple disaster relief Food Banks and loading up. Also willing to bet those FEMA $750+ checks, are getting used for more than then intend repairs. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-10-29 05:26 |