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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: The Village Idiot on May 07, 2010, 12:55:26 PM
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woo-hoo we broke the record, party!!!
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6465E220100507
(Reuters) - Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps -- the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008 and the U.S. recession, according to a government update.
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Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy food. Enrollment is highest during times of economic distress. The jobless rate was 9.9 percent, the government said on Friday.
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By my estimates, that represents about 15 million (or slightly less) households. That's pathetic, but not surprising.
I'm working on a theory to use socialism against the socialist. I theorize that by federal law every household will receive $150.00 per 40 day period. No more, no less, no increases. If any household want to eat better than that, they must work for it.
It's still a work in progress.