Hunger and Homelessness Are Going Through the Roof

Obama is flitting around the country trying to pander to the 99 percent, but he is allowing and even encouraging more and more "austerity" measures to make the plight of the masses even worse. Of course this is designed to help his and Congress's real constituency, Wall Street.

The mayors’ report cites cuts in federal commodities and funding as a factor in the diminishing ability of emergency kitchens and food pantries to keep up with surging demand. It notes that 27 percent of the people needing emergency food assistance did not receive it.
The amount of food distributed has failed to keep pace. While demand for food aid shot up by 15 percent, the amount of food given out by cities increased by only 10 percent.

The inadequacy of resources has had a tangible effect: 86 percent of cities surveyed said that food pantries and emergency kitchens have had to reduce the amount of food given out to visitors. Eighty two percent said they had been forced to turn people away from food kitchens, and 68 percent said they had to tighten rules on how often families could visit food pantries.