Food Stamp rolls hit Record 32.2 million...(or one in 10 of all Americans)

[Stuart G]

Story at Raw Story and Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5314B320090402

Food stamp rolls hit record 32.2 million
One in every 10 Americans received food stamps at latest count.


What a difficult story to comprehend. Think about this for a moment. This is also running in the latest news.

Here is a link to the story in latest news, right here at DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3811594

[OhioChick]

1. And just think......it hasn't ended. n/t

[Stuart G]

4. Actually, it may get much worse before it gets better.

No one knows, with this mornings unemployment report, with very high jobless rate, how many more will lose their jobs before it starts to improve. Could be next month, 6 months or 6 years. We don't know.

[OhioChick]

6. Oh, I agree with you.

It will get much, much worse.

[TBF]

2. Thank you for posting this - I hadn't looked at the business page yet today.

It's appalling isn't it. K&R

[rfranklin]

3. Who cares? The stock market is up!

We don't need no stinkin' jobs.

[earth mom]

9. That's exactly what the powers that be think.

:argh:

p.s. I like your sig line. :evilgrin:

[mnhtnbb]

5. We have 1 in a 100 in prison, too.

[FirstLight]

7. Nice to be reminded I am a statistic...

But I would much rather be seen as a person struggling nd perhaps trying to better my life...as most people on the rolls would agree...

this is a disgrace...and yet at least we HAVE that help....for now
there may be a time when we are left to our own devices, the kindness of strangers, neighbors and community.
IN that case, I wonder how many wil starve? but it won't matter, because the MSM and corporate overlords continue to show tv shows and commercials with people who obvoiusly aren't feeling the pinch - so the rest of us are just delusional.

I watched WAR, Inc. last night...and if we cast the same light on our current situation at home...the vision on tv and commercials and continued rhetoric of "we're ok, no, really we are great!" is nothing more than smoke & mirrors for the reality that MILLIONS of us are dealing with ...no jobs, healthcare beyond our reach and medical bills that cause one to lose their home, homelessness, hunger...desperation and so much more

and it WILL get worse before it gets better I just wonder if "the revolution will (actually be) televised"

[area51]

8. Rec. #4 (n/t)

[ThomCat]

10. Remember, states have been denying foodstamps

often by lying about eligibility in order to keep the numbers down. How many more people would be getting food stamps if everyone who really needed them and qualified was able to get them? If the numbers look shocking now, how much more shocking would the real numbers have been?

On a personal note,

I was one of those people who posted about being denied food stamps the first time because the public assistance office lied and said I wasn't eligible when I was. In my group of people I spoke with in the hall afterward, everyone said they had been turned down and all with the same lie. "You made $29 too much this year to qualify, you'll have to wait until next year to come back and apply again."

No matter what each person's income, everyone was told the exact same thing. Funny that we all earned exactly $29 too much, and that suddenly food stamps had an annual cutoff instead of a monthly one. x(

When there was a mandate to get people off the public assistance, that's exactly what they did, even if it meant turning away the people they were supposed to be helping.

[specimenfred1984]

11. But everything is beautiful, I'm so proud, pretty pictures are everywhere!

So what if war criminals walk free, criminal banks get 100s of billions, corrupt World Bank gets a trillion dollars, unemployment keeps getting larger and larger: I like to look at pretty pictures!

[TheWatcher]

12. And Don't Forget The Stock Market is up over 300 Points Today!

That Key Indicator of all things that are life in the Universe!

It's TRUE! All we need is "Hopes" and "Assurances", and "Optimism" , and smiling, preening "Leaders" discussing fixing things, and VIOLA! Everything is FIXED!

We don't need Jobs, or fundamentals, or real growth, or accountability, or Representative Government.

ALL WE NEED IS PERCEPTION!

PRAISE MARTY MOOSE!

[nichomachus]

13. I think it's much higher

unless that 32 million includes everyone in the family. If I get food stamps and use them to feed three kids, are they counting us as four recipients? Or are they just counting me as one recipient?

That's not clear. If they are just counting the number of people who actually collect the food stamps, then the number and percentage of Americans living on food stamps can be three or four times higher than they say.

[Stuart G]

14. The actual poverty level is probably higher..

Some people don't get them, for some it the stamps are not enough. Some won't use them..This is a very sad story, and does not reflect well upon a country that in many areas has a surplus of food.