One in five in Oregon now getting food stamps

At one point in my lifetime politicians talked about poverty. Not any more. Now we have to help the middle class. Don't get me wrong, the middle class could use a break after decades of stagnating or declining standards of living.

But:

Participation (food stamps) has set records for 23 straight months.

and

Gene Evans, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Human Services, says the 750,000 people now in the SNAP program means that about one of every five people in Oregon is now receiving food stamp benefits.

and

"Since the fall of ’08, we’ve had an increase practically every month" statewide, said Jan Freeman, director of the SNAP program in Illinois. "We’re not seeing it go down yet."

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