Thanks to the right wingers, Reagan and Cheney/Bush

http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/03/19119404-after-jobs-move-out-hunger-takes-root-in-factory-town?lite

Deregulation of corporations, corporate exodus to overseas labor, corporate tax dodges, and government reduction/obliteration of benefits to the poor have brought about the fast-approaching demise of our once-great country.  Republicans don't realize how their support of military/industrial "values" (cough, choke) have changed our country from a democratic republic to a fascist empire for the elite, while the middle class dies and the poor starve.

This article is about a town in North Carolina -- yet most No. Carolinians are still right wingers and racism (i.e., hatred of Obama and his family)  is still prevalent in the south.  They don't see the connection between what they support in politics and what they are experiencing in their own towns and neighborhoods.  (Sigh)