In June, the number of households receiving foodstamps rose to 23.117
million, an increase of 45.9k in one month, and also a new record high.
As for the average monthly benefit per household: $274.55, just off
record lows.
And while it is understandable why the media has been obsessed with
Syria: after all the administration is in dire need of distractions from
so many things having gone wrong, it is also understandable why no
mainstream media outlet will show the following chart: the change of
Americans on foodstamps and disability vs jobs since the start of the
Depression in December 2007. The reason is that while over that time
period the US still needs to generate an additional 2.2 million jobs to
get back to breakeven (ignoring for a minute that the jobs created are
mostly part-time or low paying jobs), the number of foodstamp and
disability recipients has risen by 22 million!
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-08/households-foodstamps-rise-new-record-high-more-americans-live-poverty-population-sp
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