This FACT is Both SHAMEFUL and INSPIRATIONAL ... LINK

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1 in 4 children are on food stamps.

In a country this wealthy, it is a shame that 1 in 4 children are being raised on minimal government assistance to subsidize the provision of food to their families.

It is inspirational that a government program can make such a huge difference in the lives of so many children, for a relatively small cost.

Read all about it at the LINK below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html?_r=1&hp

"With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.

It has grown so rapidly in places so diverse that it is becoming nearly as ordinary as the groceries it buys. More than 36 million people use inconspicuous plastic cards for staples like milk, bread and cheese, swiping them at counters in blighted cities and in suburbs pocked with foreclosure signs.

Virtually all have incomes near or below the federal poverty line, but their eclectic ranks testify to the range of people struggling with basic needs. They include single mothers and married couples, the newly jobless and the chronically poor, longtime recipients of welfare checks and workers whose reduced hours or slender wages leave pantries bare."

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