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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Child poverty in the US has reached record levels, with almost 17 million children now affected. A growing number are also going hungry on a daily basis.

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Good point. We should take back the $300 million we give Pakistan and feed our own first. blogs.state.gov

In 2009, Congress passed the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-73). The law authorizes the President to provide $1.5 billion in annual nonmilitary aid to Pakistan for FY2010 through FY2014

From the same DOS report:

Pakistan is a poor, fragile, and insecure state, representing a daunting challenge to U.S. and other foreign donors. Pakistan's estimated per capita GDP of $2,792 (at purchasing power parity) in
2011 ranks it 136th of 183 world countries (by comparison, the U.S. figure is $46,860 and India's, with seven times as many citizens as Pakistan, is $3,703). From 2008 to 2010 the country experienced aggregate inflation of nearly 50% against GDP growth of less than 13%. Pakistan's education sector is among the world's least effective: the government devotes less than 2% of GDP to education and nearly one-quarter of primary school age children have no formal education of any kind. Less than half of Pakistanis have access to modern energy services, and the energy infrastructure is so overburdened that chronic electricity shortages result in rolling blackouts lasting 10 or more hours per day, even in vital business centers such as Karachi. Potable
water shortages are widespread, and a dilapidated health sector provides insufficient access to basic health services, meaning that many citizens -- women and children, especially -- die each year from preventable diseases.

But there is good news too. Pakistan does have personnel dedicated to spreading "Pakistan is great" propoganda.

#2 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-06 06:52 AM | Reply | Flag:

RIGEL, we want out 50 billion a year in aide to Pakistan to feed out kids.

#3 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-06 07:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

It is money for the airbases you still rent. LOL

Survey says!? XXX Sorry, that was not the correct answer. That number was for earmarked civilian aid, and, in fact, was a lowball number. The actual number is much higher. Military aid does not come from the Department of State. Add it military and security assistance and number gets much higher.

Report compiled by the Federation of American Scientists (prepared for and at the request of Congress): www.fas.org

The United States is a major provider of aid to Pakistan, and has doled out a total $2.2 billion in civilian assistance, including about $550 million in emergency humanitarian assistance, since October 2009. articles.cnn.com

#8 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-06 07:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

On the other hand, Rigel, I agree with you that our focus should be internal when it comes to humanitarian assistance. That said, what we call "the poor" in the United States are considered well off in much of the developed world and wealthy in the Third World. I don't have numbers to back it up, but I would hazard a guess that a significant percentage of these hungry children in the US have access to phones, television, cars, etc...provided by parents who have absolutely no grasp of where their priorities should be and who spend their money on frivolous crap instead of food for their kids.

#10 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2013-03-06 07:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

Yeah, but what is the stock market doing? That's what I thought...

#13 | Posted by Ben_Berkkake at 2013-03-06 07:39 AM | Reply | Flag:

I might have commented on this thread, hungry children is an important topic but when one poster posts so many times, as Rigel does, I just lose interest in the thread. If you post that many times it should be a violation of the moderation policy, IMHO.

#16 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-06 07:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

"provided by parents who have absolutely no grasp of where their priorities should be and who spend their money on frivolous crap instead of food for their kids."

So how do you hold those people accountable?

And btw, there are hungry kids in this country whose parents are not that kind.

#19 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-06 09:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

If you post that many times it should be a violation of the moderation policy, IMHO.

It is against the rules to flood your own post with comments the way Rigel did here. His account is now suspended.

#20 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-06 04:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

LOL..

#21 | Posted by boaz at 2013-03-06 08:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

Birth control has to be used for it to be of value.

#22 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-06 08:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

I disagree with what Rigel usually posts, Rcade, but will defend to the death your right to ban his account.

#23 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-06 09:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

This was a great article it should of been posted in front page.
to bad about all the controversy over Rigel has over taken what the article was about.

#24 | Posted by PunchyPossum at 2013-03-06 11:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

important story. i've linked it. thanks.

#25 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-07 03:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

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