Many houses of worship join with food banks and missions to help feed the hungry. But as the economy is crumbling, the demand for food is growing greater, while there is less food to donate. As part of his Billion Dollar reelection campaign President Obama is crisscrossing the U.S. on Air Force One hosting expensive and lavish private dinners for giant campaign contributors.
Recently, he hosted a private $17,900 a plate dinner here in Los Angeles. Given the mounting hunger in America, may I suggest the President take but 1/10 of 1% of what he is raising, $100,000, and donate it to help feed the hungry, many of them poor and destitute. If that is unacceptable to him, perhaps he could cut back what the taxpayer is spending for him to fly Air Force One to these private dinners and donate that money instead. As an added bonus, the leftover food from those dinners could also be donated.
My intent is not to pick on President Obama. Political big wigs of both parties privately collect campaign contributions from wealthy donors and their lobbyists seeking favors. It's how America's political system operates. But in these hard times growing worse, surely the President and other top officials could part with a small percentage of the money they raise to help others in desperate need.
Dick
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