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The Safety Net - Living on Nothing but Food StampsQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments
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| About six million Americans receiving food stamps report they have no other income. The surge in this precarious way of life has been so swift that few policy makers have noticed. But it attests to the growing role of food stamps within the safety net. One in eight Americans now receives food stamps, including one in four children. |
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