Hunger and Poverty in America

the following is from a book called Living Simply With Children by Marie Sherlock.

Hunger and Poverty in America

Almost a billion people worldwide are considered undernourished. Over 30 million of those hungry people live right here in the “land of plenty.” Here are more sad statistics on hunger and poverty in America:

Nearly one in five American children lives in a “food insecure” household—meaning they may not know where their next meal is coming from.

Twelve million American kids live below the poverty line.

Child poverty is more widespread in the U.S. than in any other industrialized country.

A person working full-time at the federal minimum wage makes less than $11,000 a year. The average annual compensation of the thirty highest paid executives in the U.S. is $112.9 million.

The gap between rich and poor in America has been widening for three decades.

The ratio of the average CEO’s pay to the average U.S. blue-collar worker’s is 531 to 1, which means we have the greatest wage inequality of any developed nation.

Three-fifths of American workers earn less than what the Economic Policy Institute concludes is needed for a minimum “living wage.”

Almost 40 million Americans have no health insurance.