[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daniel_Plainview', 'T')his really, really pisses me off.

[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daniel_Plainview', 'c')otton futures surged 17% in just ONE MONTH

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daniel_Plainview', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')rocery stores have been reducing package sizes for a few years now -- you haven't noticed? That's stealth inflation. Now that game is mostly played out and they're starting to raise prices.

[Narz]

Prices at Trader Joe's have stayed about the same since the recession began.

[scas]

I wonder how much worse it will get? I do find it humorous that some people think things would be different had someone else been elected. If were all on food stamps, is that socialism or communism?

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('scas', 'I') wonder how much worse it will get? I do find it humorous that some people think things would be different had someone else been elected. If were all on food stamps, is that socialism or communism?

[peripato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daniel_Plainview', '[')url=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/bernankes-poverty-effect-foodstamp-recipients-jump-400k-november-hit-new-record-436-million]Bernanke's Poverty Effect: Foodstamp Recipients Jump by 400K In November, Hit New Record Of 43.6 Million[/url]


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]And as of November, the SNAP program had 43.6 million participants, an increase of 400k from October, and a 14% increase, or 5.3 million from a year prior.

[jdmartin]

Great thread.

We have noticed the prices going up on everything, either through outright price increases, more cost per unit of food (ie smaller packages, same price), or both. I keep a detailed budget of food expenditures for the last 5 years and I have the figures to prove it.

Last year I managed to grow a decent amount of our fruit during the summer as well as 6 months of tomatoes (we use a quart a week) and some other stuff. Probably only amounted to 15% of what we ate, if that, but it's a start. My compost is still free and I save seeds.

I heard this week there's some intention of cutting 10-15% from WIC. I'm sure there's no other program that's more worthy for cutting than that .

[Daniel_Plainview]

Food-stamp usage just skyrocketed past 44.1 million -- that's 14.3% of Americans





$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')n Charles Ponzi Day We Celebrate Another All Time Record In Food Stamp Usage
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/03/2011 12:00 -0500



Bernanke's plan to recreate Libya in our own back yard is continuing to work magnificently. It is no surprise that on Charles Ponzi day, the update to food stamp usage indicates that in December those receiving an average of $134 per month has just hit 44.1 million people. These lucky people will soon be able to buy an inflation adjusted 2.3 crumbs of notional bread with this generous handout from the Chairsatan. In other words, America is now the land of the free, home of the brave, of whom 14.3% can't afford to eat, even with all the new jobs created by both the old QE1, Lite and 2, and soon to be 3. Don't forget that according to the Bernank, QE2 has already created 250,000 new jobs... all at the a modest cost of $1.3 million per job.

[Livewire713]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')he update to food stamp usage indicates that in December those receiving an average of $134 per month has just hit 44.1 million people.

[Cog]

The food stamp usuage number is one I've watched every month since the recession started. I think its also the most useful number to let me know that recovery, however you want to measure it, isn't really happening when it comes to a sizable growing part of the population.

You can tweak GDP with government spending and you can tweak employment rates with birth/death and seasonal adjustment models but when you see food stamp usuage going up every month, its pretty clear the US population is getting poorer as this recession drags on.

There is something very wrong out there in middle class land and it shows no sign of getting better.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Livewire713', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')he update to food stamp usage indicates that in December those receiving an average of $134 per month has just hit 44.1 million people.

[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')he food stamp usuage number is one I've watched every month since the recession started. I think its also the most useful number to let me know that recovery, however you want to measure it, isn't really happening when it comes to a sizable growing part of the population.

You can tweak GDP with government spending and you can tweak employment rates with birth/death and seasonal adjustment models but when you see food stamp usuage going up every month, its pretty clear the US population is getting poorer as this recession drags on.

There is something very wrong out there in middle class land and it shows no sign of getting better.

[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Livewire713', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')he update to food stamp usage indicates that in December those receiving an average of $134 per month has just hit 44.1 million people.

[eastbay]

What would happen if the tens of millions of food stamp cards didn't get loaded up with cash on the first of next month? On the last day of the month millions of pantries are bare, which is why supermarkets are so doggone busy on the first of each month these days. What would 43 million poor hungry people do to refill their kitchens if their cards were no longer valid?

Or even more interesting, two years from now when it's 60 or 70 million people ... how would they find food?

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', ' ')

Or even more interesting, two years from now when it's 60 or 70 million people ... how would they find food?

[topcat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'r')eceiving an average of $134 per month has just hit 44.1 million people.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daniel_Plainview', 'A')nd it also buys a bag of chips, a slice of pizza, and a can of soda.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daniel_Plainview', 'A')nd it also buys a bag of chips, a slice of pizza, and a can of soda.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') record 32.2 million people -- one in every 10 Americans -- received food stamps at the latest count, the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the recession now in its 16th month.