I am faxing you three articles that I think that all of you must read. One article tells how President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will use the profits from CITGO for 1,000 free food centers in Venezuela and he should be commended for that. This is a noble oil for food program and he should be heralded by everyone for even doing this. What it says to me is that their president is truly looking out for the poor and the powerless unlike President Bush who only looks out for the rich and the powerful.

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In another article, President Chavez looks to amplify a flagship food program. Contained within this article it states, “he hopes that 15 million Venezuelans will enjoy the services of the cheap free food distribution system inaugurated two years ago” It then goes on to say, “it will be the biggest system of production, reproduction and consumption that Venezuela has ever had”

It leaves me asking, just why can’t we have similar programs here in the United States for our poor where our government will insure that the very poor in our society do eat? ...