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> People that were healthy couldn't find a way to get their hands on enough calories...

That sure sounds like the "low-income, homebound, or without reliable access to healthy food" bit from my quote.

> It's completely obvious that OP meant that otherwise healthy people aren't starving to death.

The chances of zero people having done that in a country of 330 million people "in decades", as asserted, is quite slim.

https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2021/02/05/living-an... is a case of a physically healthy man starving to death in SF.

https://www.newsweek.com/2023/01/20/starved-death-american-j... is a case of someone starving to death in jail for want of $100 bail.

I rather suspect other examples can be found.



I suppose it's a matter of definition for the word "involuntary" at this point. What I mean is that everyone who is willing and able will have enough food stamps to get enough nutrition for the month - no matter your living situation.

Like the parent said, you seem to be disputing my original claim out of spite and in bad faith.




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