[lbo-talk] Living on nothing but Food Stamps ...

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Sat Jan 2 15:32:41 PST 2010


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/us/03foodstamps.html?hp

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With food-stamp use at a record high and surging by the day, Ms. Bermudez belongs to an overlooked subgroup that is growing especially fast: recipients with no cash income.

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About one in 50 Americans now lives in a household with a reported income that consists of nothing but a food-stamp card.

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One in eight Americans now receives food stamps, including one in four children.



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