"1 in 5 American kids rely on food stamps"

[mesquite]

As the economy continues to recover from the Great Recession, 1 in 5 children are on food stamps, according to the U.S. Census. Before the housing crash, 1 in 8 received federal food assistance.

www.cbsnews.com/news/the-dismal-state-of-americas-child-poverty/

The only recovery for the middle class is the one in 'rescue and recovery'.

[joanfromzone6]

don't doubt that 1 out of 5 profit from food stamps - but whether they require them might be a much different picture -

[twilight2]

What shocked me is that 3/4 of Springfield's schools are for the underprivileged so the teachers
have to go through a different type of schooling....
And nearly that many of the high school students were /are sleeping in their cars......

Yet my 65 yr.old neighbor was living on $450 a month until she had to start paying $150
a month in insurance.