We have noticed a marked uptick in the use of food stamps at our store.
It's nationwide — from the UK Guardian:
US food stamps set ever-higher record-32.8 million
A record 38.2 million Americans were enrolled in the food stamp program at latest count, up 246,000 from the previous month and the latest in record-high monthly tallies that began in December 2008.
Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy groceries. The Agriculture Department updated enrollment data on Friday with a preliminary figure for November.
And of course we have to go to an English source for the news — it is almost as though the US Media doesn't want to offer anything that would make Obama look bad. An increase of over 1/4 million from November to December — that is not a minor bump…
Posted by DaveH at February 5, 2010 06:48 PM | TrackBack