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Why Are Americans Wasteful
Wasteful America Robin Sanchez-Martinez, English Vera Alexander Sunday, August 08, 2010

Wasteful America. While Americans are starving people are wasting edible foods. More often than not humans would rather throw out food than try to save it or give it to someone that will use it. In America alone millions of people starve each and every day. No one does anything to stop the wastefulness of humans.
Is it just greed that people are so wasteful? Corporations often will receive a tax credit for their wasted products and they give it back to the company it comes from and from there it is all wasted. Often people will go shopping just to have food in the house so when they have company the house looks

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