Raj Patel: In Attacks on Obama, Food Stamps, Newt Gingrich is "Racially Coding Poverty"

democracynow.org - The new documentary "Finding North" premiering here at the Sundance Film Festival exposes how one in every four American children suffers from hunger, despite living in the wealthiest nation in the world. And, nearly 30 percent of American families, more than 49 million people, often go without meals. While Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich decries President Obama as "the food stamp president," author Raj Patel says what is really needed is a conversation about poverty and why the need for food stamps is so high. "It is true that disproportionately people of color are affected by food insecurity. What Gingrich is doing is racially coding poverty by calling President Obama the food stamp president," Patel said. "He is invoking ideas of racialized poverty. Of course when you look at people who're on the food stamp program, the majority of them are white and poor." Patel is author of the popular book, "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System."

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[WilhelmDrake]

@deathmarch5

What do you mean by "destroy the money supply?

Central Banks don't have control over the majority of the money supply, 95%+ of it is bank credit (which nets to zero), the rest government deficits.

A Central Bank can only determine the price of credit, not quantity.

[WilhelmDrake]

@deathmarch5

That's just not really true, ever heard of the Irish potato famine?

[deathmarch5]

@WilhelmDrake Right there are viral and fungal diseases But most take hold on plants with low Nutrients or genetically weak to a certain disease. There for if a plant is deficient in a nutrient its immune system is compromised then viruses and disease has a much better chance of setting in. much the same in humans except we are more complicated because of our biology. Now if you kept breeding plants with low nitrogen or low phosphorus over many seasons they will be genetically weaker 2 disease

[pjamesbda]

@okefixico Look J, I'm not sure who you think I am, when you call him "one of you". I was around when this ass hole showed his ass in the 90's over Clinton's little BJ. Meanwhile he was the biggest hypocrite ever and I seriously have no time for him.

His roots are in the entitlement mindset straight out of the deep south, and as far as I'm concerned he's toast either way. Glad to see the fat ass cooked to well done. The sooner the better.

[WilhelmDrake]

@deathmarch5

All plant diseases are NOT all related to nutrient deficiencies.

Are you retarded?

[WilhelmDrake]

@deathmarch5

What? I have no idea what you are talking about.

[SpitfireOFatj]

@deathmarch5 What's sad is some Right Wingers are falling back on old Cold War propaganda acting like this is a battle between Capitalism which they equate with "freedom" and having Soviet tanks rolling down Main Street USA. It never even occurred to them that that there is anything between those two extremes.

[Southaid]

I can't go pass 4:40. is this video broken. No matter what step I take to bipass the location fails

[deathmarch5]

@SpitfireOFatj agreed I would look no further than to the City Of london a place where the Bar association is headquartered and the all central banks are as well. they are working in tandem to destroy any freedom destroy the money supply and you loose economic prosperity destroy the justice system and loose all hope of a peaceful remedy. they are pushing for another civil war this time between the classes of wealth look at what Obama signed using the military against the People.

[deathmarch5]

@WilhelmDrake well if you have ever grown plants you will notice all plant disease is related to nutrient deficiencies. Give the right nutrient and the plant recovers. How are People any different? You dont see plants being vaccinated with mercury and given medicines that treat the symptoms not the root cause.