Demand for food stamps soars as cuts sink in and shelves empty

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More working Americans are lining up at emergency food banks and going hungry, as cuts to those programs take effect. An expansion of the program, put in place when the recession was biting deepest, was allowed to expire in November, cutting benefits for an estimated 48 million people, including 22 million children, by an average of 7%.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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