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Paycheck to paycheck and food stamp to food stamp: Study finds 3 out of 4 Americans are one financia

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The latest food stamp usage data was released with very little attention from the media. 47.7 million Americans are on food assistance spanning a record 23.1 million families. Americans on food stamps reflects deep structural issues in the way our economy employs our population. The recovery in many parts of the US is anything but. What we are seeing is a growing (and permanent) class of people that will be part of a working (and growing non-working) poor segment of our population.

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