Left Out of the Bailout: The Poor
A volunteer sorts collection bins of donated food at a food bank operated by Northwest Harvest
Signs of the recession's impact on America's impoverished are increasingly apparent, Greenstein said, pointing to a dramatic rise in food stamp caseloads in recent months. The number of people using food stamps has risen 9.6%, or roughly 2.6 million people, between August 2007 and August 2008, the last period for which data are available. Food banks around the country are reporting longer lines even as donations are falling. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Because the poor are at the bottom of the economic chain, they're always the first to get screwed. And our conservative administration, with its Christian ethic of righteous punishment for the deserving, think all the poor have to do is get off their dead asses and get to work. So relief programs have been gutted, worsening the plight of the current poor.