Uh Oh: 47 Million Food Stamp Recipients Are Having Their Benefits Cut Back On November 1st 47.6 million Americans are about to have their food stamp benefits cut, and most of them have absolutely no idea that it is about to happen. Needless to say, a lot of them are going to be very angry when they discover that they cannot buy as much food for their families anymore. The reason that this is happening is because a temporary boost to food stamp benefits that was put in during the last recession is expiring. But most of the people that are having their benefits cut will not understand this. Most of them will just be very upset that the government is “taking money away” from them. As poverty continues to grow and government handouts continue to get cut back, the desperation of those living in poverty in this country is going to continue to increase. At this moment, there are 6 million Americans in the 16 to 24-year-old age group that are neither in school or working. In fact, a whole bunch of major U.S. cities currently have more than 100,000 “idle youth” living in them. Just look at some of the nation’s largest cities. Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Riverside, Calif., all have more than 100,000 idle youth, the Opportunity Nation report found. It is only a matter of time until we see massive riots and huge crime waves in many of those cities. The conditions for a “perfect storm” are already here. All we need is a spark.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:48:34 +0000
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