Evryone always talks about the american dream. Is it just that, a DREAM? Or is just for an elite group?
For 17.5 million households, its just a dream not a reality.
According to dosomething.org
1 in 6 people in America face hunger issues.
17.5 million households where food insecure
1 in 5 children are at risk of hunger.
Among African-American and Litinos that number is 1 in 3.
American throw away enough food a day to feed 25 million American.
So just what is this dream everyone speaks about? Is it real ? Is this truly the land of opportunity?
More than 45 million people in America lives in poverty.
Poverty is defined by a family of 4 who make less then $22,000 a year.
To put it in more simple terms the poverty line is set at someone makeing $10.50 an hour for 40 hours a week.
Did you know that the minimum wage in America is currently at $7.25. Thats $3.25 less than the poverty line.
Why or how, as the country known as the land of opportunity have a minimum wage so low?
Are the elites keeping the poverty so high in America?
ITS TIME TO MAKE THE AMERICAN DREAM, A REALITY. #raisetherate.
Dont throw it away, take it to a foodbank.
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