Why were 35million Americans unable to feed themselves last year due to low wages?
953418
Why does everybody blame Walmart.  Americans are the greediest people on the planet.  We use 3/4th of the worlds resources.  As greedy individuals we are also selfish.  If one is generous and cares for the welfare of others as one is instructed to do in the Bible, one is given the name "bleeding heart liberal," from the very people who profess to be so keen on moral values.  I just wonder where those values are coming from.  I'm poor myself but I contribute part of my money every month to Feed the Poor because I believe in karma.
464478
Because Most Americans have lost respect for their own country and their own bodies.  They don't respect themselves or anyone else.  They are lazy SOBs who sap money from the gov't because they are too lazy to work and then taxes go up so I get less for what I work for.  I worked in places where people use their food stamps for chips and dip and their cash allowances for beer and cigarettes.  IT'S SICK!  Forget their kids...forget why they even were allowed that money in the first place.  DISRESPECT, LAZINESS, AND SELFISHNESS are all the reasons why America is less fit than probably any other country in the world.  \n\n***Sorry...this is a touchy topic for me, if you can't tell...I've got stories and stories about this too...
419655
Hopefully soon. Everything is going up except wages. People can not afford to pay bills and eat too. Utility bills have more than tripled, gasoline has even done more than that, groceries are high, but people can not afford hardly anything if they are working for minimum wage. It's terrible that our country can help other countries but can not and will not help their own. Unemployment is higher than it has ever been and the only people making good money are politicians, people in the entertainment business, and the people who already have it. I don't see things getting any better soon. I just wish there were a way to open the eyes of the people who could change the problems that the lower and middle income people face.
189454
Yep, but it will never happen until people stop getting a check because of their own poor life choices. Unfortunately all of societies parasites can vote, and since they don't have jobs, they have all the time they need  to make it to the voting booths. So, until society starts making welfare recipients feel like the failures they are again, expect higher taxes.
466678
It's a drain on the economy. It actually leads to the loss of some jobs as businesses have to make cut backs.\n\nThe minimum wage was introduced in 1938 to combat the exploitative working conditions in an economy reeling from depression and economic shocks. Although economic realities have drastically improved since then, much of our discourse on the subject has not. Many still imagine the minimum wage as one of the front lines in the battle for economic justice, with unscrupulous bosses on the one side and the downtrodden masses on the other.
564136
No. There's no reason for anybody to be starving. Especially not in this country. It confuses and angers me.
925225
Bad for our country.  They may earn $5 an hour, under the table, and suck thousands in welfare and free medical care.
341423
lack of ability to work causes the poverty
559037
No money to pay your bills or buy food. Losing your home and your livelihood. Having to rely on others for handouts. Having a hard time finding another job, depending on how long you are unemployed for. Dealing with the government hassle of getting unemployment pay. Becoming homeless and falling into a hole of debt that is very difficult to get back out of..... the list could go on.
208126
nothing dude just work more and harder so the rich get richer and the poor.............. \n\n were beging to live like slaves,soon youll be working just for food.\nits all about big companies profits of 3billion dollars a year being too small so lets just reduce wages followed by  a cut down of staff then make all the poor barstards that are left work even more and longer followed by an increase prices so we should be up to 5 billion next year.
533892
if we didn't have illegal immigrants in this country working for such low wages, the economy would never survive. i doubt many american citizens would get down on their hands and knees to do all the dirty work that illegal immigrants do. if all of them in america decided to strike, we'd probably all go into inflation by the end of the week.
224984
Some people migt not be able to afford it, or have to work to support their family.  Others might even have kids of their own.  You never know.
317285
Because right now U.S. don´t need more workers, this nation is build for immigrant (except for few native-american who survive). Clinton leave the country with the biggest profit in the history and Bush changed to the biggest deficit in the history; and we need to blame someone.\nAlso the Global-market made few rich people with billions and a lot of poor people who trade to find something better in the other side of the border, like Ellis Island but now the gate is closed.
183886
mental illness,lack of money due to not having a job.
535604
That is called inflation.  Many countries have been throughout that and coming out of it is hard.  But we are still not at the worst level of it-depression.  So lets hope that our leaders do not let it slide to there.  Hang in there-for now if we reduce to only necessary needs and purchases we can still survive.  And those needs are a lot less then what typical americans had to live by.  I have been through depression back in my birth country-when a fruit yogurt was a luxury and we could get one only on payday as a reward for something.
415292
Because if too many people farmed, then farmers could not earn enough money, and they would all quit. As for starving people in other countries, I know it is sad, but farmers will only harvest what they can sell for a satisfatory profit. Unless someone is paying them for the crops, they will not grow it. Its one sad part of the world we live in.
644543
Well at the beginning of history...we hunted and worked the land...you were either self sufficient or you died. Now there are people that have wealth and those that do not. This has nothing to do with how self sufficient you are, but more with your ability to make money. There are class systems in place "virtually" all over the world and in America there is everyday a greater separation of the classes...So poverty is undoubtedly a man made thing. And to Kartingmartin...above, I know loads of people that have been forced into poverty due to our ever weakening economy. Lots of people laid off and forced out of their homes who would disagree with you!!