More than 25 million Americans turned to the nation's largest network of food banks, soup kitchens and shelters for meals last year, up 9 percent from 2001.
Those seeking food included 9 million children and nearly 3 million senior citizens, says a report from America's Second Harvest.
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The surveys were done before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. After the hurricanes, demand for emergency food assistance tripled in Gulf Coast states, according to a separate report by the group.
The new report, being released Thursday, found that 36 percent of people seeking food came from households in which at least one person had a job. About 35 percent came from households that received food stamps.
Cousin said the numbers show that many working people don't make enough money to feed their families. She said the food stamp numbers show that the government program, while important, is insufficient.
How are those tax breaks going for these people? Don't they know that the Great President George believes that they are just being lazy and good for nothing, for everyone knows that you are only poor and hungry because you are not living up to your true potential. At least your tax break was supposed to prop you up, so, what happened?
There are milllions and millions and millions of poor, starving and homeless men, women and children, in this country, that just keep getting poorer because of the fiscal policies of this country under this administration.
Do we have to have another Depression before this stops?
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