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アメリカでの拡大する貧富の差を証明するような結果が12月14日、ワシントンで開催された「全米市長会議」で発表された。
これによると前年度（2005年度）に比べ、ホームレスと飢えに苦しむ市民の数が大幅に増え、特に若い子供を持つ親達にその傾向が見られた。このうちの４分の１はシェルターの必要な子供達とのこと。
23都市での調査結果によると、食糧援助を求めた人の数は、2005年度の12パーセント増加に続き、2006年度は更にそれよりも平均7パーセント増加した。
またシェルターを求めた人たちの数も前年度に比べ平均9パーセント増加。特に小さい子供を抱える家族は5パーセント増加。この中には、家族が別々のシェルターに引き裂かざるを得ない状況もしばしば見られるという。
ロサンゼルスやボストンなどを含む半分以上の都市では、増え続ける食糧援助希望者に援助が追いつかず、供給する食料の量や回数を減らせるなどの方法をとっている。調査グループによれば、23パーセントが緊急援助にあてられたとの事。
アイオワ州Des Moines市長によると、約３分のⅠの有職者が食料援助を申し出たとのことで、いわゆる「ワーキング・プアー」の問題が大変深刻になっていることをうかがわせた。
米国農務省（USDA）によれば、2005年度には、約千百二十万家庭がフード・スタンプ（食料チケット）を受給していた（注・アメリカの今年の人口は約３億人）
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日本はこれからどうなるのか？ これを助けるために、もっとむしりとられるのか？
そして、その挙句、アメリカの道連れにされるのか？
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14462540.htm
More Americans hungry, homeless in 2006- mayors
14 Dec 2006 22:01:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - More Americans went homeless and hungry in 2006 than the year before and children made up almost a quarter of those in emergency shelters, said a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
"The face of hunger and homelessness right now ... is young children, young families," said the conference's president, Douglas Palmer, the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.
The survey of 23 cities found civic and government groups received, on average, 7 percent more requests for food aid in 2006 than in 2005, following a 12 percent jump in 2005.
Requests for shelter rose by an average of 9 percent in 2006, with requests from families with children rising by 5 percent. More than half the cities said family members often had to split up to stay in different shelters.
As the numbers who could not buy their own food grew, more than half the cities, including Los Angeles and Boston, said groups spread resources farther by giving less food to individuals or cutting the number of times people could receive help. The group estimated 23 percent of requests for emergency food assistance simply went unmet.
Franklin Cownie, the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, who worked on the study, said he was troubled that more than a third of the adults asking for food aid were employed.
"If you look at the data, you'll find folks that have jobs that don't have enough money to feed themselves," he told reporters.
People remained homeless for an average of eight months in 2006, the report said. Trenton had the longest span, with those in poverty spending an average of 22 months in cars and shelters or on the street.
The survey relied on census statistics along with data that city officials collected from local agencies.
Calling the report "not so much science as perception," the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, which includes state and federal agencies, said in a statement nearly 30 cities were reporting reduced homelessness due to a federal program run in partnership with the Conference of Mayors.
It said the Bush administration was also working to help connect homeless people to government agencies and private aid groups.
In the mayors' report, Cleveland was one of the cities that saw demand for food assistance drop in 2006. Officials said it was still much higher than in 2000, before the city experienced an economic downturn. From 2000 to 2005, the number of people using food stamps, or federal subsidies to cover groceries, increased there by 29 percent.
Food stamps and other public nutrition programs account for 60 percent of the U.S. Agriculture Department's spending. The USDA said almost 11.2 million U.S. households received food stamps in 2005.
Congress is expected to consider changes to the food stamp program as part of broad-ranging agriculture legislation in 2007. (Additional reporting by Charles Abbott)
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