Monday, May 06, 2013

Facts of the Day

The average food-stamp (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) recipient received about $1,500 for food for the entire year. At least ten Americans each made that much in under ten seconds from their investment gains in 2012.


While 47 million Americans, or one out of seven, need food assistance (almost half of the hungry are children.) Yet just 20 people made more from their investment income in one year than the entire 2011 food assistance budget.

For every food bank in 1980, there are now 200.

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