US citizens line up for food stamps

Baltimore News.Net
Monday 30th November, 2009

More and more United States' citizens are making use of government food aid.

The New York Times has reported that 36 million Americans, or 12 percent of the population, are now using food stamps to buy items such as bread and milk.

The number of claimants is supposedly rising by 20,000 a day.

Statistics have shown that 28 percent of all African Americans, 15 percent of all Latinos and eight percent of all whites are claiming the stamps.

The registration procedure to register for and collect food stamps was simplified in the Bush era.

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