Sure times are tough but have Americans no heart? How else can you account for the fact that about one in four New York City households with military veterans has trouble putting food on the table, according to a poll commissioned by the nation's largest food bank, the Wall St Journal reports..
Veterans in such households are eating less frequently and choosing to pay other living expenses—rent, utilities, medical care and transportation—over food, which they get more frequently from food pantries and via government assistance, according to the poll by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
The poll randomly contacted 827 households by phone, of which 92 were households with veterans. The veterans data has a 10.2% margin of error…
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