“35 million people went hungry last year in the richest nation in the planet”
I am quoting John Edwards, one of the USA Presidential Candidates. I have to say what I’m enjoying most about the election coverage is hearing some of the candidates talk about their people and more importantly, their people in need. What we’ve (I’ve) come to expect from the US is talk of war and oil and taking over the entire planet whilst allowing their multi nationals to completely ravage it. No doubt it’s primarily because I don’t live there that I rarely hear about their domestic politics.
So, I’m encouraged to hear Edwards get angry about, for example, women with breast cancer (a topic close to his heart) who have to beg for treatment because they can’t afford it. Can you imagine the uproar if this happened here? And it is an absolute outrage that, as Senator Edwards said, it happens in the “richest nation in the planet”. (I’m sure it should be “on” the planet but I have to quote accurately.)
I’m torn between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama but I was more impressed with Edwards than I expected to be. Exciting stuff but it’s a long road.
