With 20 percent of all American households on food stamps, amounting to 23.1 million households and 47.6 million individuals in July, an across-the-board cut in food-stamp benefits is scheduled to go into effect in November, even though most recipients know nothing about the coming change.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, the benefit increase granted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to help people adversely affected by the recession is scheduled to expire Nov. 1.
The USDA projects that the average monthly food stamp payment of approximately $272 per household will decline in November by $36 for a family of four. Read more
According to the news on Monday,either 5 or 6 million young adults between the age of 18 and 25 are neither working or going to school.That specific group is not even looking for a job.They are being referred to as the lost generation.What a waste.
This is so not a food stamp riot, not the same clientelle
ReplyDeleteAccording to the news on Monday,either 5 or 6 million young adults between the age of 18 and 25 are neither working or going to school.That specific group is not even looking for a job.They are being referred to as the lost generation.What a waste.
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