Another Sobering Statistic

which is representative of the times, and that's more working "families," to say nothing of individuals, are falling through the cracks into poverty:

Food stamp usage increased by 16 percent over the past year, according to CNNMoney.com, with one in seven Americans now depending on the federal program. Idaho saw the biggest increase in its food stamp program, with a spike of 39 percent compared to last year, followed by Nevada, at 29 percent, and New Jersey, at 27 percent. In the nation’s capital—Washington, DC—21.5 percent of the population currently receives food stamps, the highest rate in the country.

You better be completely destitute to get much of anything out of that program, though.  I get the queenly sum of $16 a month for food stamps because I am making such a huge, huge salary working in a shitty call center at a temporary job that will probably end this week or next.

Then I get to substitute and maybe clear $1,000 a month, not even one-third what I cleared as a teacher in Nevada.