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40.8 Million American's on Food Stamps: Depression Economics
• Boston.com/newsRecipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 19 percent from a year earlier and increased 0.9 percent from April, the US Department of Agriculture said in a statement on its website.