Tax the Rich, Feed the People. It’s That Simple.
We have enough food.
We have enough money.
We have enough space.
What we don’t have is political courage and moral clarity.
While millions go hungry, billionaires build private islands and launch themselves into orbit. While families ration food, the ultra-wealthy stockpile generational wealth that they will never need and will never use.
And yet, the question is still asked, “Can we afford to feed everyone?”
Yes. We can.
But first, we must tax the rich.
The Math Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Priorities.
Let’s stop pretending this is complicated. If a fraction of the wealth hoarded at the top was redirected into food systems, mutual aid, and infrastructure that served real people, hunger would end, not decline, end.
The U.S. spends nearly $900 billion annually on the military.
Billionaires in this country collectively hold over $5 trillion in wealth.
Corporate profits reached record highs during a pandemic that put millions out of work.
And yet we still ask food banks to do more with less.
We ask school children to fill out free lunch forms while billion-dollar corporations get tax breaks.
We let hedge funds deduct their losses while families deduct their dignity.
The problem is not scarcity. It’s greed.
Hunger Is a Policy Choice
In a nation this wealthy, hunger should not exist. If people are starving, it’s not because we lack resources but because the systems we’ve built choose not to share them.
We subsidize luxury.
We criminalize poverty.
We rescue banks.
We abandon the poor.
It’s all a choice. And, it’s time we choose differently.
Taxing the Rich Is Not Punishment. It’s Participation.
We’re not asking the rich to suffer. We’re asking them to contribute.
If a billionaire paid a fair share of taxes, they would still be rich. They would still have homes, jets, and yachts. What they wouldn’t have is the ability to avoid responsibility while their neighbors suffer.
We must stop framing redistribution as loss. Feeding the people is not theft. It’s justice.
What Could We Fund If We Taxed the Top?
Universal free meals in schools, shelters, and communities
Food infrastructure grants for local farms and urban gardens
Permanent grocery stipends for low-income households
Mobile food trucks and delivery vans in food deserts
Community-owned grocery co-ops run by and for the people
This isn’t hypothetical. These solutions already exist. What they lack is scale and funding. We can change that.
Nonprofits Can’t Do This Alone. Policy has to Match.
Every day, nonprofits work overtime to do what government refuses to. They provide meals, distribute groceries, deliver dignity. But they are running uphill with limited tools because the system keeps refilling the pockets of the wealthy while telling the poor to be patient.
We don’t need more charity. We need justice written into law.
That starts with policy. That starts with taxes.
That starts with refusing to pretend the problem is too big when the solution is this simple.
So, Why Don’t We Just Do It?
Because the wealthy fund campaigns.
Because politicians fear donors more than they fear their own communities.
Because we’ve convinced ourselves that hoarding is success and suffering is normal.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
We can make different choices. We can build a different world.
All it takes is the will to act and the courage to say what so many are afraid to:
Tax the rich. Feed the people. It’s that simple.