American Children have died of malnutrition due to poverty.

During the dust bowl 1930s era, it was not uncommon for farmers/Government to destroy crops/food to increase the market value. The problem wasn't a lack of food, it was a lack of money supply as the bankers at the time restricted the flow of money supply into the economy due to a downwards deflationary spiral. The bankers at the time didn't have a problem seeing people starve to death with their attempts at keeping the status quo.