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Income=$0, and Some Food Stamps

States seeing double-, triple-digit growth among those with zero income

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2010 9:27 AM CST

(Newser) – The recession has pushed millions from their homes and jobs, but there's a rising new class of economic victim—the American with zero monthly income surviving on food stamps alone. The New York Times examined states' data, and found that some 18% of food stamp...   Read full story »

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