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I'm not trying to be argumentative. I don't think there is a single county in the country that has "0" food insecurity. Zero is virtually impossible. It doesn't mean there isn't a range of solutions for each community to close that gap or that Waldo isn't actively working on it

There are a variety of reasons for food insecurity - often it can be undiagnosed disability that diminishes capacity to the point people are unable to access services, immigration issues, etc. Availability and transportation does not solve everything if you can't/won't access it.

Ok thanks, not trying to be argumentative either. But YOUR rhetoric is getting thicker with each tweet and I'm happy to prove it. First, are you in agreement with Joby on this...https://twitter.com/justjoby/status/993234659378114560?s=19 …

I probably do agree with Joby on some of it. There are a lot of lenses to look at poverty through. I've been food insecure. I've been government cheese poor. I've been house-staff well-to-do. Each lens changes your perspective.

Poverty is very different if you've never experienced it vs only have experienced it vs have experience both vs have experienced poverty outside of the US. Even when I'd been both poor and well-to-do, that was as a kid and poverty took on new depths for me with age and education.

We grew up poor also, HUD, food stamps no Christmas at all two years. If @MeEqualJustice & @justjoby including yourself was truly wanting or working to find real life solutions to eliminating poverty throughout Maine and improving the lives of low-income Mainers you all wld be...

...willing to have the serious discussion required and fair debate about why Maine's poverty level is where it is and what should be done NOW to increase food sovereignty (as in Waldo Co) as well as the rest of the state #mepolitics

I'm absolutely willing to have a serious discussion and fair debate - though I personally prefer collaboration to debate. Most of the issues that can be resolved are probably most appropriate to a gubernatorial candidate, not a federal one.