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Friday, December 12, 2008

Food stamp requests grow

It's not just the auto industry that needs a bailout, so do a lot more Georgia families. Demand for food stamps is up dramatically. Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services says it had nearly a half-million food stamp cases in October. That's up18 percent from last year. The number of Georgians on food stamps has nearly doubled since 2000. Officials say they're seeing more working-class people, including factory workers and office workers, collecting food stamps for the first time.

(Associated Press)

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