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Food Stamps: One in 10 Americans Need Help

After hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma hit in 2005, the number of Americans utilizing food stamps, the country's main antihunger program, rose. As of September this year, the numbers have increased by 17 percent from last year with more than 31.5 million Americans using the program, according to Reuters. Antihunger groups blame the loss of jobs, home foreclosures and our tough economy on the recent rise.

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Posted at 12/08/2008 10:51 PM by ellen johnson
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IN THESE ECONOMICAL TIMES THERE ARE ONLY TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE, THE HAVE AND THE HAVE NOTS. IT USE TO BE SO PEOPLE WERE NOT MAKING MUCH MONEY BACK THEN ( WHICH IS STILL THE CASE TODAY) BUT AT LEAST IN THOSE TIMES A DOLLAR WENT A LONG WAYS AND NEIGHBORS HELPED EACH OTHER OUT. IF A PERSON WAS SHORT ON THEIR RENT SOMBODY WOULD THROW A RENT PARTY , OR YOU COULD GO TO YOUR NEIGHBOR FOR SUGAR OR SOMETHING, IF YOU NEEDED EXTRA MONEY SELL DINNERS AND SOME HOW PEOPLE MANAGED TO BUY ONE FROM YOU, UNTIL THINGS CHANGE AROUND WE HAVE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER. BUT I GUESS THAT WOULD BE LIKE ASKING FOR TOO MUCH, WE CANNOT EVEN SPEAK IN PASSING TO EACH OTHER , THE ONLY TIME I HAVE SEEN SOME SOURCE OF UNITY WAS WHEN MR. BARACK OBAMA WON THE ELECTION FOR THE PRESIDENTOF THE UNITED STATES , SEEMS LIKE THE HARDER THINGS GET THE TOUGHER THE BILL COLLECTORS GET OR THE MORE MONEY THEY DEMAND,THE PRICE OF GAS HAVE GONE DOWN NOW IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE PRICE OF FOOD GOES DOWN. CHRISTMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER AND THEY SAY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING FUNNY THING IS THE PEOPLE I HAVE TALK TO DO NOT PLAN ON SPENDING MUCH MONEY THIS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. ALL THESE STORES FILEING BANKRUPTCY OR CLOSING PEOPLE COULD'T BE SPENDING LIKE THAT, PEOPLE ARE SCARED, YES WE DO HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT WHO I BELIEVE IS GOING TO DO HIS BEST TO TURN THIS ECONOMY AROUND BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, HOMES ETC. I WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND I DO BELIEVE IN PRAYER WHICH KEEPS ME GOING.
Posted at 12/08/2008 6:47 PM by TERESA
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I wonder who is really struggling! I myself cannot get food stamps, would like to in these tuff times. But on more than several occasions I have been approached to have a food stamp recipient want to use their food stamp debit card for my groceries and I give them cash. It makes me ill to know some children are going hungry because mom has other ideas !
Posted at 12/08/2008 12:56 PM by Lynn
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Government needs to give working family a release amount for Christmas!!!That would help out for Groceries
Posted at 12/08/2008 11:17 AM by td
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You're so right. Everybody is looking for help.
Posted at 12/08/2008 10:49 AM by Loretta
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