One in eight Americans go to bed hungry or 42 million Americans depend on food stamps to feed themselves, BBC news reports monitored in Asaba by The Pond News revealed.
This is happening in God Own Country where billions of dollars are spent on arms and millions of dollars arms sent to Israel.
This is a country where President Donald John Trump believes is the greatest country in the world.
The report also revealed that about 12% of Americans depend on food stamps to feed themselves.
Most of these poor and hungry Americans live in New Mexico, Louisiana and the nation capital Washington DC.
The shutdown of the federal government by budget disagreement between the Republicans and Democrats in the Congress is making the process of food stamps difficult to access .
Most states don’t have enough money to cover $8bn in monthly food stamp benefits.
The Pond News understands that the United States of America is not really the glamour presented on television as some Americans are homeless and sleep on the streets.
