More than 700,000 Oregon residents are now living on food stamps. The situation is also worsening national wide as more than 40 million Americans enroll in the anti-hunger program. The USDA is forecasting food stamp enrollment to reach 43 million people next fiscal year.
Many people say that this is a lagging indicator, but they say the same thing about unemployment and I'm still waiting on those full-time permanent jobs to materialize.
Oregon Food Stamps
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Food stamps lag 2 years. So if the recession ended in 09 it makes sense that next year it would hit its peak. And well jobs are increase every month substanially now too.
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