I'll include the last paragraph from the article for you, too.

The United States has long had one of the highest poverty rates in the developed world. Among 34 countries tracked by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, only Chile, Israel and Mexico have higher rates of poverty.

All I can say is that I did my best to feed hundreds of LA's needy and greedy. Things took a sharp downturn after I left. I wonder what could have been....what could have been....