Menomonie Dunn County Real Estate Blog: December 2009

Food Stamps

One on four American children now depends on food stamps. Among all Americans, one in eight is receiving food stamps, and as unemployment drops middle class people into poverty, 20,000 additional people are signing up each day.   The Week Magazine/New York Times

0 comments • Jason Simonson Menomonie WI, Realty Executives • December 30 2009 01:47PM
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