Beaudreau's Marshall Plan

            I mostly agree with Bernard Beaudreau's insights on " hunger

    in Rhode Island ". But a  " Marshall Plan " suggests a  far graver

    problem than really exists. " Hungry " kids from low income families

    -almost anywhere in the United States - are not comparable to the

    truly STARVING kids we see often in Africa or  other third world

    regions.  How can you forget those bloated bellies with flies buzzing

    around them and the blank expressions on lethargic children. No,

    you can just forget about teaching THEM any alphabet. Cruel Mother

    Nature has made them old before their time.

         Here in Rhode Island a political iron fist will work wonders.

    Above all we need draconian rent controls in the poorer neighborhoods.

    Why should the working class poor pay more than half their income in

    rent ? Most of the so called " landlords " in the Providence area

    are just world class CROOKS. And Buddy Cianci knows it !

          It should be a lot easier to apply for food stamps. The

    agency should not question the integrity of anyone applying for

    food stamps . Let a number of months pass before a client is

    questions. The poor as a class are at least as honest as the

    self-respecting rich.