[mEDITate-OR:
"read" the years old tea leaves...
While it is necessary to weed out the prior years numbers...
2004 numbers tell U.S. more about pre RE crisis than today.
but, when you do you see a 30% increase from a year ago.
So, the first article, from Reuters give U.S. the best numbers.
there are 39.7 million Americans on food stamps
Roughly one in eight Americans, or about 12.5 percent
That is not bcuz of "immigrants", it is from job losses.
and from them making the program simpler to apply for.
However, note that 1 in 3 still have not signed up.
Imagine, if you can, what it would be like IF there were no food program.
deja vu all over again...
and isn't that depression-ing.
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Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record
Enrollment has set a record each month since reaching 31.78 million in December 2008
one in three eligible people are not receiving ... benefits.
39.68 million people, or 1 in 8 Americans, were enrolled for food stamps during February, an increase of 260,000 from January
-----------Food stamp use grows fastest in Arizona
Arizona's program more than doubled, with a 108 percent participation jump in the past four years
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Arizona food stamps level off, still 1 million residents getting help
That’s up 30 percent from a year ago
They show more than 1 million Arizonans on the federal welfare program.
That also translates into about 15 percent of Arizonans
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Nearly 39.7 Million Americans Received SNAP/Food Stamps in February 2010
SNAP/Food Stamps Reach One in Eight Persons
Record Enrollment Due to Economic Conditions, Outreach and Program Improvements
Click here to see a state-by-state analysis (share of total participation - pdf).
Five states experienced over-the-prior February percentage caseload increases above 40 percent:
Nevada (45.5%); Idaho (44.4%), Utah (42.2%); Rhode Island (42%), and Wyoming (40.3%).
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