Ending Hunger in America, 2014 Hunger Report Full Report | Page 35

INTRODUCTION
people cope with difficult circumstances. But families will remain on shaky ground without
a clear path to real opportunity.
President Obama has spoken of “building ladders of opportunity” for people to reach the
middle class—a concept that sends a message of hope, particularly to young people. As the
president said in January 2013, when he took the oath of office for his second term, “We are
true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same
chance to succeed as anybody else.”38
It is still possible for someone born into poverty in the United States to escape that fate
as an adult. But the rungs on the ladder of economic mobility are getting farther apart,
especially those at the bottom. Inequalities—not only of living standards, but of opportunity—start early for children in food-insecure hous ??????? ???????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????? ??T?L???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????!???????????????????????U?????M??????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????????????????????????() =`????()Q!?
%I
1?=?AI=Q
Q%=8)M??????????????? ??????????]???????)?????????????????????????????????????
????)???A????????????????????????????????)???????????????5???????????????!??????)I????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????]????)??????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????Q???????????????????????Q???
????????A???????????????)??????????????????????????????????)??????????????I????????e???????????????()1??????????A??????? ??????????]???() ??????????]???????????????A????????????????????
???????)A???????????????????????M????I?????
????????1????????????()???????????????????(+??????!????I????????()?((0