Complex into the Great Depression, the U.S. 2800 million people rely on food stamps Living.

<P> The U.S. economy is deteriorating. .British "The Independent" on April 1 to "the United States in 2008: the Great Depression" in the title reveals a striking fact that starting from October this year, there will be 28 million Americans will have to rely on food stamps to maintain life, which .A number of food stamp benefits scheme will be implemented to break the forty years of record. .</ P> <P> in the United States, "food stamps" has always been a symbol of poverty, is paid to low-income people by the government in exchange for food vouchers. ."Food Stamp" is not the economic health of a country the perfect ruler, but as a part of social assistance, it clearly can explain many problems. ."Food vouchers" welfare plans to implement the intent is to subsidize the poor for food, not cover all of the daily life of a family spending. .The question now is, food prices so the actual purchasing power of the population began to decline. .</ P> <P> article points out that, according to latest figures released by the U.S. Congress in October this year, beginning from the fiscal year, there will be 28 million Americans rely on government-issued food stamps to buy necessities, the figure of the last century .60's implementation of the food stamp program of the food being the highest number since. .</ P> <P> It http://finance. Hearing, in the 2007 fiscal year, the United States the number of people receiving food stamps had reached 26.5 million. .Analysis pointed out that the number of people receiving food stamps continues to increase, the most fundamental reason is the economic downturn made the lives of ordinary Americans, the pressure increases suddenly. .The old industrial bases in the United States many years ago, Michigan began to fall into recession, unemployment soaring. .Michigan now has 1 / 8 the residents rely on food stamps live, this number is twice in 2000. .Now the crisis has begun to attack the country. .Many Americans find something to eat on the table to have become a much more difficult to deal with challenges. .</ P> <P> article says, the early impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, many Americans first, because they can not pay off their home loans and forced to move out of the house. .And now the subprime crisis started to impact people's food and clothing. .Latest data show that in March the United States added more than 50,000 unemployed, the unemployment rate may reach 5%. .Already have the media and the U.S. economic situation of the last century, the Great Depression 30 years were compared. .When the Great Depression, 60% of the U.S. population in a "poverty line". .Now, some U.S. inner cities and poor rural areas reached 30%, and there are signs that the poor in these areas is entirely possible to reach 60%. .</ P> <P> U.S. Department of Agriculture said that to feed a low-income family of four costs in the 12 months increased by 6%. .However, in Des Moines, Iowa runs a grocery store 戴娜巴兰坦 said: "The number of each family's food stamps, but not with the increase of food prices. Our customers find that they can not as before .buy food that has. "</ P>.