One In Eight Americans On Food Stamps

The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post: Business
Sun, 11/29/2009 - 6:38am

With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.

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