So It's Come To This?

Experts differ on what the impact of recent food shortages means for our Country and to the World. In fact, they can't even agree on whether or not there is really a food shortage of not. The rationing of rice, and is some cases oil and flour, at warehouse stores across the Country, is however, a grim reminder of our hard economic times. In "Pain At The Pump", I looked at the obvious and dramatic rise in fuel prices. Soaring food prices have us feeling the pain at the supermarket as well. While most of the experts agree that there will not be widespread food shortages in the U.S., they do believe that the cost of food will continue to rise. That is very bad for American working families, who will have to continue to struggle in this bad economy. What will become of the rest of the world, where in some Countries, food shortages are common as a rule. What will happen to those on the brink of starvation, in the grip of a world wide shortage of food? Some countries that normally export food, have slowed or halted exports altogether. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said; "We risk the spectre of wider-spread hunger, malnutrition and social unrest on an unprecedented scale". Our Country and the World for that matter, are in serious crisis. What are our elected officials in Washington doing? Nothing that really matters. They are all wealthy and do not have to be concerned with any of this. I guess we could all cut back a little more and tighten our belts. Just on the luxuries we can't afford. You know like fruits and vegetables.