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"YOU MUST HAVE THE WRONG ADDRESS —WE'RE A VERY PROSPEROUS PEOPLE"
Having read the report of the Citizens' Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition in the United States, which stated that 10 million Americans suffered from chronic hunger, Herblock depicted wealthy citizens surprised to find poverty at their door. The report pointed out that the Department of Agriculture's food stamp program had failed the poor, and ought to be distributed free-of-charge based on income. Herblock wrote, ". . . depression is here today—and no more tolerable for being a patch of desolation surrounded by unparalleled affluence."
"You Must Have the Wrong Address—We're a Very Prosperous People," 1968. Published in the Washington Post, April 24, 1968. |