Hunger

In the world, hunger is becoming a problem. According to the world food program one in nine people do not have access to the necessary amount of food to lead a healthy life. The sad part of this problem is that we have the power to eradicate this problem but we choose not to. It is estimated that to eradicate world hunger we would need spend 30 billion dollars a year to end world hunger. One of the most disturbing statistics that I found on this topic is that the United States spends around 737 billion dollars a year on national defense. This disturbing evidence shows that we have the power to solve this problem. I believe that wealthy nations should assist developing nations. The power of wealthy nations should be used to help people for the benefit of the greater good. Im also a firm believer that before we help other nations we should help our own. In the United States hunger isn’t caused by a lack of food but by the never ending cycle of poverty. More and more people rely on food banks to feed their families. Throughout my life I have volunteered to feed the hungry. Over the years after talking to the people who I’ve helped to feed. I’ve noticed that a lot of them seem to be fairly professional people. One time I even had a conversation with engineers that weren’t making enough money to feed themselves. A countries top priority should be to feed it’s people. A Country that has the ability to feed it’s people should do so.