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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The report also includes… #data on #children & the #elderly.

The #Agriculture Dept’s statement attacked the #FoodInsecurity report as “rife with inaccuracies, wrong metrics, zero accountability, & a massive drive for bigger & larger” government programs.

Elaine Waxman, an expert on methods of measuring food insecurity at the Urban Institute, a Washington research group, said in an interview that “none of that [statement] is accurate.”

#law #Trump #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

She added: “It is highly respected. It has well-validated questions. In no way does that reflect the view of anybody who works with the #data. That is completely a pretext for eliminating data that can point out problems.”

The report was especially useful during the #coronavirus #pandemic, Waxman said, when it found that #FoodInsecurity stayed flat in 2020 despite a huge loss of jobs. Researchers credited the outpouring of government #aid….

#law #Trump #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination

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