What economic recovery? But its failure to thrive in the face of the food-stamp fight comes as the number of U.S. citizens receiving this benefit, at 47.7 million as of March of this year, exceeds the entire population of Spain, the sixth-most-populous country in the European Union. Enrollment in SNAP has soared by 70% in the past five years; the U.S. shelled out a record $74.6 billion on the program in 2012, more than double what was spent in 2008, when the financial crisis hit in full force toward the end of the year. finance.yahoo/blogs/the-exchange/food-stamp-issue-derails-farm-bill-recipients-record-150015885.html
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:08:28 +0000
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