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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 10:37 PM Apr 2020

More Americans are going hungry amid economic crisis -- and many can't get help

The current economic crisis means rising demand for food stamps. While Congress has passed additional benefits for some recipients, a large percentage of the poorest households did not get an increase. Meanwhile, many people, from college students now at home to those at high-risk for COVID-19, are facing new complications in accessing their benefits. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.


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More Americans are going hungry amid economic crisis -- and many can't get help (Original Post) Newest Reality Apr 2020 OP
Kick dalton99a Apr 2020 #1
K&R Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Apr 2020 #2
You are welcome! Newest Reality Apr 2020 #3
They're dragging their feet getting more direct payments to the American people duforsure May 2020 #4
And at the same time, Hav May 2020 #5

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
4. They're dragging their feet getting more direct payments to the American people
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:08 AM
May 2020

But got their billions to the big corporations with little over site , or spending requirements . Many people are going without now, and need money now to survive this. What's wrong with Congress dragging their feet getting this done now. Is this what trump wants to do , force us into bankruptcy? Sure looks like it. This will only cause us too get closer to a depression very , very soon.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
5. And at the same time,
Fri May 1, 2020, 04:16 AM
May 2020

farmers are hurting, tons of food get destroyed and livestock like chicken get killed without any purpose because they cannot sell their products.
It should be way easier to address these problems than a major pandemic. You can distribute food but you cannot give life back to the dead.

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