Chart of US food stamp usage 2001-2012 shows how far the US has fallen

11/27/12, "America's Lost Decade In One Simple Chart," Zero Hedge

"Forget the stock market's dismal decade of much-ado-about-nothing and ignore the USD Dollar's declination; when it comes to reflection on what this once great nation has 'created' since 2001, the following chart from Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare sums it up better than most.

(Sorry, couldn't find direct link to chart. ed.)

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Another good food stamp visual from a year ago, 11/03/11, from UK Daily Mail:

One in 15 Americans now officially living in poverty as number receiving food stamps rises 8.1% in a year

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056864/Handout-nation-Food-stamp-map-America-reveals-hotspots-15-population-government-help.html#ixzz2DWglMwAC
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11/3/11, "One in 15 Americans now officially living in poverty as number receiving food stamps rises 8.1% in a year," UK Daily Mail, D. Gardner

One in 15 Americans now officially living in poverty as number receiving food stamps rises 8.1% in a year

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056864/Handout-nation-Food-stamp-map-America-reveals-hotspots-15-population-government-help.html#ixzz2DWglMwAC
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