April 1, 2008 - 10:05am -- jim
USA 2008: The Great Depression
By David Usborne in New York, Independent.co.uk
Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the
credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to
survive – a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis
We knew things were bad on Wall Street, but on Main Street it may be
worse. Startling official statistics show that as a new economic
recession stalks the United States, a record number of Americans will
shortly be depending on food stamps just to feed themselves and their