>>This isn't the job of politicians. This is the job of all of us.
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>As far as the politicians are involved, I'm asking us to have a national day of humiliation, something that Lincoln desired and got.
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>That should cost $0.
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>What the federal government currently spends combating hunger at home and abroad is in the multi-billion dollar range.
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>You could be right though.
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>Asking an American to go a day without food might be way too much to ask.

You seem to be either missing Charles's point or willfully ignoring it. He has made a constructive suggestion. If your goal is truly less hunger I would think you would accept it in the spirit in which it was offered.