喬伊．伯格Joel Berg，前柯林頓的幕僚，也是對抗飢餓協會的執行長，他近期推出了新書：吃乾抹淨——飢渴的美國！

他的這本新書提到一個重點是：媒體錯誤的引導美國群眾，使大眾誤以為美國的飢餓問題是可以解決的，只要透過幾個慈善的食物供給機構，大家就能解決飢餓和貧窮。

之前在新聞是看過類似的慈善食物供應機構，也就是美國的食物銀行。大家可以到食物銀行去借貸食物，以此度過經濟寒冬。

但是伯格此書指出，美國政府應該付出更大的努力，才能協助三億六千萬挨餓的美國民眾，其中有一千兩百萬的兒童，對抗貧窮和飢餓。在本書中，伯格用嚴厲的批評，直指政客和宗教慈善團體，徹底忽略街道上許多貧窮之人的需要。

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Joel Berg, former Clinton Administration official and head of the NYC Coalition Against Hunger, and author of the new book, "All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?," will be speaking in Asheville at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Downtown Books and News.

He will be joined by local anti-hunger leader, Leigh Pettus, of MANNA FoodBank

A central point of Berg's book is that much of the mainstream media gives the nation the false impression that we can end hunger in America through a few more charitable food drives.

In contrast, he demonstrates that the only real way to solve the problem – which affects 36.2 million Americans, including 12 million children – is for the government to take a serious role in fighting both hunger and the poverty that causes it.