Feed America

We spend what seems like a small fortune each week on groceries. And it should be noted, we are not eating high on the hog. I have to eat as many carbohydrates as I can and keep away from meat. Still everytime my wife asks if there is anything we need at the store I cringe because as we all know one cannot go into the grocery store and come out without spending at least twenty or thirty dollars.

Recently we all might have seen the adds on your local television market for Feed America.org. This is perhaps the most worthy cause you can find.

To think that here in America so many people are hungry. So many people go to bed hungry. The adds that have been running lately have actors and actresses that we might know portraying real individuals and telling there stories of hunger. Then at the end they turn to the actual individual and interact with them. They are well done ads. Matt Damon, who is always on all of our most likable list, has been in the one I have seen quite frequently.

I am reading a book by George McGovern now who speaks about food and hunger issues and has worked toward that cause his whole life. He and this Feed America campaign all say the same thing. How can this be.

One of the issues is that people do not want to help people as they need help. They want to know why they need help. Do they have a job. Do they work harder than me. Do they work as hard as me. Do they deserve my help. What we all need to remember is that Jesus did not say to help only those who pass your test of being needy. The Bible says to practice the golden rule.

I am not wise enough as relates to economics to discuss the issue with all the knowledge that I should have. I know that we often have too many crops grown. I know that the price drops and farmers lose money when they grow too much. I know that people are hungry, children are hungry when they go to bed. I know that something is wrong with this picture.

FeedAmerica.org is an organization that deserves our support. This is one issue that we should all be able to agree on .