This documentary starts by navigating through scenes of various places in the United States. The story is told through the lens of various people from various background. The town of Collbran, CO is featured first. Collbran is a small Colorado town with residents who raise cattle, drive trucks, and ranch. We are introduced to a family of seven that was turned down for government assistance with a daughter in the 5th grade that is noticeably disadvantaged in the class room due to hunger. We are then introduced to Barbie a single Philadelphia mother of two who was also denied food stamps because she made more than the cut-off amount of $24,000. A similar trend is settles throughout the documentary but other social issues such as child-hood obesity due to insufficient amount of adequate nutrition, the price of fruits and vegetables versus the price of processed foods, and the access to healthy food become a major issue as the documentary progresses. Government subsidies to Agrbusinesses make it hard for funding to be placed in programs like SNAP, but lobbyist push $149 million dollars to get oil and gas bills through congress with ease. Raj Patel Author of Stuffed and Starved eloquently argues "why are people poor, right there in a political question, and one thats far more difficult to answer and involves asking questions about power, and about you know, class and about inequality and the persistent inequality in this country..." he follows up with those being the most difficult questions to answer.
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