Households on food stamps at new peak

[damnedifIknow]

"The gap between rich and poor in the United States continues to grow in-line with food stamp usage. Many Americans watch in dismay as they view countries like Spain rip its self apart by a massively discontent and unemployed youth movement. Many probably watch thinking that somehow, our problems can never come close to what is being experienced abroad. The irony is that we now have more Americans on food stamps than the entire population of Spain. That is right, more Americans are living food stamp payment to food stamp payment versus the entire population of a county literally suffering in depression. Yet somehow, the narrative playing out in the economy is all around a booming real estate market (profits to investors) and the peaking stock market (most Americans don’t even own stock) are big windfalls for all. Yet the gains are being captured by a small portion of the population. This is how we can reach these seemingly dichotomous situations where poverty rises in the shadow of a booming stock market."

http://www.mybudget360.com/food-stamp-usage-americans-record-high-more-than-spain-number-of-food-stamp-families/

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. wow. that is a lot of people on food stamps

[xfundy]

3. More than the population of a major country is--ah fuck it, you got canned.