The FoodFirst Website has posted a comparison of Bush and Kerry statements on Hunger and Homelessness.As Democrats and Republicans debate war and terrorism, a war has been waged against the poor at home. The numbers of Americans suffering from hunger, poverty, homelessness and lack of healthcare have dramatically increased since 2000. The latest U.S. Census found (http://www.census.gov/) that several million more slipped into poverty and lost their healthcare insurance last year. Yet these vital issues of human security–food, housing, health care–are missing from the presidential debates, buried under headlines of war and threats of terrorism.
This fact sheet summarizes the state of the nation today and presents the candidates’ statements on these issues and documents their previous actions and proposed plans for the next four years.
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