1-in-7 Americans on Food Stamps
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 24th, 2011 4:43 am by HL
1-in-7 Americans on Food Stamps
There are now almost 46 million people in the United States on food stamps, roughly 15 percent of the population. That’s an increase of 74 percent since 2007. “It’s kind of sad that even though I’m working that I need to have government assistance,” said Genna Saucedo, 32, who supervises cashiers at a Wal-Mart in Pico Rivera, Calif. “I have asked them to please put me on full-time so I can have benefits.”