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Hungry for the truth.(Mayors' Claims of Growing Hunger Are Once Again Exaggerated)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Melissa Pardue, Robert Rector, and Kirk Johnston, "Mayors' Claims of Growing Hunger Are Once Again Exaggerated," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, December 16, 2004 (www.heritage.org)
On December 14, the United States Conference of Mayors released the latest in a series of annual reports, issued since 1986, on hunger and homelessness in America. The mayors measure hunger by the number of people using food banks or soup kitchens. The Heritage Foundation critique of the report points out that the mayors' claims of dramatic increases do not give the number of people using the resources, but instead simply assert increased use. Melissa Pardue, Robert Rector, and Kirk Johnston believe this is inaccurate and exaggerated for three reasons.
First, the mayors' statements reflect an implausible rate of growth. An average annual increase of 16 percent since 1986, as the mayors claim, indicates that the number of those receiving emergency food aid doubles every four years or so. That ...
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