More People Now Collect Food Stamps Than Live in California and Texas Combined

Food stamp usage is up 14 percent from the last fiscal year, with more than 43 million individuals and 20 million families now reliant on the service. That means that as of November 2010, the cost per month of the benefit program is almost $6 billion. The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture shows that in November, an additional 394,957 new recipients were added to the food …

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