Bisogna proprio dire che la ripresa è cominciata. Bravo e grazie agli
aiuti ipermiliardari del meticcio di Obama alle banche anche le
famiglie indigenti possono mangiare, questo secondo i dati del US
Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Ref:http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/au...food-a20.shtml

One in nine Americans relied on food stamps in May, the highest
proportion ever, according to recently released data from the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA). In all, 34.4 million people used the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program
that provides assistance to low-income people, an increase of more than
2 percent from the previous month, and a staggering increase of 6
million over the past year.

May’s increase was the sixth consecutive month that set a new record in
food stamp use. Government food assistance increased in every state,
with Florida registering the sharpest gain at 4.2 percent.

The year-over-year percentage increase in food stamp use is more
striking, with 13 states, representing every region of the country,
registering a spike of more than 25 percent. These were Utah (45.5
percent), Nevada (39 percent), Idaho (36.3 percent), Washington (34.5
percent), Florida (34.2 percent), Vermont (33.6 percent), Wisconsin
(31.3 percent), Arizona (29.7 percent), Colorado (28.9 percent),
Georgia (28.3 percent), Maryland (27.2 percent), Massachusetts (25.3
percent), and Oregon (25 percent).

“Food stamp enrollment is rising because the economy is having a
devastating impact on low-income families and they need this program to
eat,” said Stacy Dean of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
said. “Every single state has been affected.”

The food stamp program is largely funded by the federal government and
administered by the states. Historically, recipients could redeem
stamps or coupons for food assistance at grocery stores, but in recent
years paper stamps have been phased out in favor of a debit card system
called Electronic Benefit Transfer.

The program aims to assist the desperately poor. According to the USDA,
the average gross monthly income of food stamp-receiving households was
$640, with nearly 80 percent of all benefits going to households with
children.

The program provides an average of $133 monthly per person requesting
food assistance. By way of comparison, according to the USDA’s own
estimates, a “low-cost” monthly nutritional scheme for a single teenage
boy requires a minimum of $220 spending on food per month.

Federal food assistance for the poor was a Great Society measure
created during the the Lyndon Johnson administration (1963-1969). Since
the late 1970s, it has weathered round after round of cuts at the hands
of both Democratic and Republican administrations and congresses, who
claimed to be creating a “culture of responsibility” among the poor.

The most savage of these cuts came in 1996, through Bill Clinton’s
“Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act,”
which eliminated eligibility for legal immigrants (these restrictions
have since been only slightly relaxed), limited stamp use for “able
bodied” adults without dependents to three months during a 36-month
period, and substantially reduced maximum food benefits.

The result is a food stamp program that, even in more favorable
economic conditions, fails to meet basic nutritional needs and shuts
out the vast majority of the working class from any assistance
whatsoever. The economic crisis has laid bare the woefully inadequate
character of the program and the “social safety net” as a whole.

In Texas, demand is such that in July the state was delinquent in
processing nearly 40 percent of new requests. Rachel Cavazos, who has
four children, is jobless, and is in the midst of a divorce, applied
for food stamps in April and has not yet heard back on her request.
“It’s very hurtful, especially when somebody doesn’t give you the
benefit of the doubt,” the 32-year-old Houston native recently told the
Houston and Texas News. “The help is not for me. It’s for my babies. I
don’t want my children to suffer.”

Recently at a Dallas, Texas, food stamp office, a line of the desperate
and hungry formed before 5 a.m. “I got a four, a five and a 15-year-
old. And right now I got $2.27. So we’re going to have some Ramen
noodles tonight,” Kenyadda Momanyi told a local news station. A class
action lawsuit has been filed against the state of Texas to force it to
process applications more swiftly.

Mickey Warren, food directer of Christian Life Food Pantry in Knox
County, Kentucky, recently went before the local Chamber of Commerce in
a desperate bid for charitable contributions. “It’s toward the end of
the month and people are starting to look for more and more food,
because by now the ones that draw food stamps, they’re gone, the kids
are hungry,” he said.

“Warren recalled [recently watching] a small girl rip open a whole
pound cake package in the pantry parking lot, grasping it with both
hands and eating it like a candy bar, because she had been hungry,” the
local TimesTribune.com reported.

In Wichita, Kansas, a grandmother summed up her plight in a word. “The
most simple word would be we’re hungry,” Kathi Boggs told a local news
station, as she sat with her 6-year-old grandson, Alex, at a soup
kitchen. “At the end of the day there’s not enough for food.”

“People are desperate,” said Gary Madden, a charity worker who assists
people in gaining access to food stamps in San Bernardino County,
California. “People calling now are saying things like ‘I’ve never
asked for help in my life. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’ve lost
my job and I’m about to lose my home.’ More men are calling. Families
are doubling up in homes.”

“Callers are saying, ‘bank bailouts, auto company bailouts, where’s my
bailout?’,” Madden told BlackVoiceNews.com.

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news:4a9b0dc1$0$43589$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it ...
> Bisogna proprio dire che la ripresa è cominciata. Bravo e grazie agli
> aiuti ipermiliardari del meticcio di Obama alle banche anche le
> famiglie indigenti possono mangiare, questo secondo i dati del US
> Department of Agriculture (USDA).
> Ref:http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/au...food-a20.shtml
> One in nine Americans relied on food stamps in May, the highest
> proportion ever, according to recently released data from the US
> Department of Agriculture (USDA). In all, 34.4 million people used the
> Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program
> that provides assistance to low-income people, an increase of more than
> 2 percent from the previous month, and a staggering increase of 6
> million over the past year.
> May's increase was the sixth consecutive month that set a new record in
> food stamp use. Government food assistance increased in every state,
> with Florida registering the sharpest gain at 4.2 percent.
> The year-over-year percentage increase in food stamp use is more
> striking, with 13 states, representing every region of the country,
> registering a spike of more than 25 percent. These were Utah (45.5
> percent), Nevada (39 percent), Idaho (36.3 percent), Washington (34.5
> percent), Florida (34.2 percent), Vermont (33.6 percent), Wisconsin
> (31.3 percent), Arizona (29.7 percent), Colorado (28.9 percent),
> Georgia (28.3 percent), Maryland (27.2 percent), Massachusetts (25.3
> percent), and Oregon (25 percent).
> "Food stamp enrollment is rising because the economy is having a
> devastating impact on low-income families and they need this program to
> eat," said Stacy Dean of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
> said. "Every single state has been affected."
> The food stamp program is largely funded by the federal government and
> administered by the states. Historically, recipients could redeem
> stamps or coupons for food assistance at grocery stores, but in recent
> years paper stamps have been phased out in favor of a debit card system
> called Electronic Benefit Transfer.
> The program aims to assist the desperately poor. According to the USDA,
> the average gross monthly income of food stamp-receiving households was
> $640, with nearly 80 percent of all benefits going to households with
> children.
> The program provides an average of $133 monthly per person requesting
> food assistance. By way of comparison, according to the USDA's own
> estimates, a "low-cost" monthly nutritional scheme for a single teenage
> boy requires a minimum of $220 spending on food per month.
> Federal food assistance for the poor was a Great Society measure
> created during the the Lyndon Johnson administration (1963-1969). Since
> the late 1970s, it has weathered round after round of cuts at the hands
> of both Democratic and Republican administrations and congresses, who
> claimed to be creating a "culture of responsibility" among the poor.
> The most savage of these cuts came in 1996, through Bill Clinton's
> "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act,"
> which eliminated eligibility for legal immigrants (these restrictions
> have since been only slightly relaxed), limited stamp use for "able
> bodied" adults without dependents to three months during a 36-month
> period, and substantially reduced maximum food benefits.
> The result is a food stamp program that, even in more favorable
> economic conditions, fails to meet basic nutritional needs and shuts
> out the vast majority of the working class from any assistance
> whatsoever. The economic crisis has laid bare the woefully inadequate
> character of the program and the "social safety net" as a whole.
> In Texas, demand is such that in July the state was delinquent in
> processing nearly 40 percent of new requests. Rachel Cavazos, who has
> four children, is jobless, and is in the midst of a divorce, applied
> for food stamps in April and has not yet heard back on her request.
> "It's very hurtful, especially when somebody doesn't give you the
> benefit of the doubt," the 32-year-old Houston native recently told the
> Houston and Texas News. "The help is not for me. It's for my babies. I
> don't want my children to suffer."
> Recently at a Dallas, Texas, food stamp office, a line of the desperate
> and hungry formed before 5 a.m. "I got a four, a five and a 15-year-
> old. And right now I got $2.27. So we're going to have some Ramen
> noodles tonight," Kenyadda Momanyi told a local news station. A class
> action lawsuit has been filed against the state of Texas to force it to
> process applications more swiftly.
> Mickey Warren, food directer of Christian Life Food Pantry in Knox
> County, Kentucky, recently went before the local Chamber of Commerce in
> a desperate bid for charitable contributions. "It's toward the end of
> the month and people are starting to look for more and more food,
> because by now the ones that draw food stamps, they're gone, the kids
> are hungry," he said.
> "Warren recalled [recently watching] a small girl rip open a whole
> pound cake package in the pantry parking lot, grasping it with both
> hands and eating it like a candy bar, because she had been hungry," the
> local TimesTribune.com reported.
> In Wichita, Kansas, a grandmother summed up her plight in a word. "The
> most simple word would be we're hungry," Kathi Boggs told a local news
> station, as she sat with her 6-year-old grandson, Alex, at a soup
> kitchen. "At the end of the day there's not enough for food."
> "People are desperate," said Gary Madden, a charity worker who assists
> people in gaining access to food stamps in San Bernardino County,
> California. "People calling now are saying things like 'I've never
> asked for help in my life. I don't know what I'm going to do. I've lost
> my job and I'm about to lose my home.' More men are calling. Families
> are doubling up in homes."
> "Callers are saying, 'bank bailouts, auto company bailouts, where's my
> bailout?'," Madden told BlackVoiceNews.com.
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