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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (116801)	12/16/2000 7:15:12 AM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 769670

WILL HUNGER SPREAD..........According to the new federal study, "Measuring Food Security in the United States," 12.9 percent of families in Texas are unable to get safe and nutritious food - compared with a national average of 9.7 percent. The report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, also says that 5 percent of Texans can be classified as "hungry," or suffering from pain or unease caused by lack of food. Only Oregon had a bigger percentage of hungry families, according to the U.S. study. The national average is 3.5 percent. Experts who have been analyzing the socioeconomic shifts in Texas over the last few years have said that Texas remains a place where all the elements are in place to produce a significant "hungry" populace. "Texas is a high-poverty state, and food is one of those things that people struggle to put on the table," said Patrick Bresette, associate director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, an Austin-based organization monitoring issues affecting low-income Texans.