Why do Americans waste so Much food and resources ?
451369
Because we have always been the land of plenty.  And we don't know what it is like to starve.  Even the people who can't afford to eat have food stamps and other gov't assistance to help them.\n\nI get upset at all the good food that is thrown away at restuarants.  It's like they give you double portions for twice the price, and when you don't want anymore, it goes in the trash.  That could have been a nice meal for a homeless person.
109906
No, it is not "their own fault" if people in America starve.  Life is so much more complex than what can be explained in a simple "black & white" answer.  I do think that it is sad that in a country where food is abundant & so very cheap that we still have this problem today, don't you?  Sometimes I believe that some respondents get confused and feel that people can "work their way out of starvation".  If I recall correctly, most of the people who go to bed "hungry" in this nation are children--not strapping young men with strong backs. Will I begrudge a hungry child food for whatever--absolutely not!
1157228
americans are lazy, spoiled brats living the good life even if theyre on a street\n\ngo to Zimbabway,South America
96447
blame paris hilton and george w bush.\nLOL\nBut yes we see americans as being rude crude eating machines at times. We know the names of the states and the majority of americans have never even heard of anything but quebec and ontario. It's amazing cause there are only 10 provinces. I know it's predjudiced because alot of americans are fine people.
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Because it is more responsible to spend your own. The more money you take from the government the more taxes you pay, or the bigger our deficit gets. Also I think most Americans get there fair share of government money.\n\nA homeless man on food stamps probably doesn't use the interstates and state roads. You probably do not use food stamps but do use the road. I think the amount of "welfare" the government gives out is equal, in fact I think rich and middle class people may recieve more goverment subsidy than poor people.\n\nAnd if for some reason you don't like the government "wasting" money on food stamps, housing and other services, then donate money to a not for profit that does something that you support, the more you donate to the not for profit, the less taxes you'll pay.
909045
Because it takes a ton of energy for your body to process allof the junk, and also the junk is harder to move through the digestive tract because less is absorbed.
423069
Because they lie and force us to "feed" them money that they say they will use for something good but just waste it as they mostly do. If you had the money they had you would be very powerful too.
131845
American's became selfish.
465873
The world hates Americans because they know we have a system of govt where the general population of citizens controls the govt 100%. The problem is, they don't realize how dumb and lazy us Americans are, and they actually THINK we use that authority of ours and we are telling our govt to do this. BUT, what they fail to understand is we ARE dumb and lazy and we just lie back and allow our government to do what it wants to uncontrolled.
928468
Because one quarter of the people in our nation are lazy, on welfare, letting the rest of us support them.  So, they sit on their buns watching TV, eating chips and drinking soda or beer.  The other quarter is probably legitimate medical problems, and Oreo double stuffs.
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when we waste anything it should be use to help people that are below poverty\nfor example,\n\nNow we find out that FEMA, the lead federal agency, wasted about $1 billion — money that could have gone to hurricane victims who really needed it.\n\nNeed me to say more?\nread link below
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Beacause Americans are too lazy to learn something interesting in a classroom and are always playing video games all day long and watching too much garbage on TV!!!! I for one was born here in the U.S. know what part of the world a country is located and I'm bilingual so that makes me smarter than the one-dimensional, one language American that wants to be ignorant and dumb. Most Americans don't even know how to read a gas gauge on a car when it runs out empty on them.
873896
Because the U.S. is looking out for their own self-interest.  Screw the planet!  I also suspect that a lot of the people running the country are scientifically illiterate and/or morally bankrupt.
1017589
Why do Americans not keep America clean?
307856
The mind is indeed a terrible thing to waste.  If you read through a few questions on this site you will see a tremendous amount of waste. Once you drop down below the idiot and moron levels it's pretty much an unrestrained freefall, and here is where they end up.\n\nJust read the two answers right above this and you will see good examples of rampant, runaway waste.  Then look at the spelling of the word 'terrible' in the answer just below.  Soda, burgers, and TV do not create mindlessness as much as chat rooms, video games, and iPods.
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Every person uses resources.  In the US we use more than anyone else per person.  Adding people to the planet adds stress on the resources of the planet. The number of people and how much each uses creates conflict because finally there are limited resources. \n\nCurrently energy seems to be the resource that is in most demand.  Since a lot of it comes from oil, we fight wars over oil.  It is not pretty.  China has a huge population and is now starting to increase its use of energy.  It is still way below what each of us in the US uses.  As they "need" more their population, which is more stable than ours will increase their demand for oil.\n\nPoliticians who encourage us to use less are ridiculed and treated as freaks.  Jerry Brown in California was called Govenor Moonbeam because he wanted each person to only use what was needed.
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Because they live in a god forsaken hell hole which consumes too many resources!\n\nThey live in their self-centred little world - I ask you how many things in the non-american home have the words 'Made in USA' on it? Very few I reckon!\n\nEverything in America is second rate - the people are a bunch of old inbred Europeans who are genetically designed to be FAT!\n\nGod Bless America - for what!? Embarrassing the world!\n\nWhat ever crap you hear about British Food being awful is a myth! Food in the UK is fantastic - thats why many of us are healthy - the unhealthy ones feast on AMERICAN shite!