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20 Oct 05:50am

Filed under: Economy, Food Stamps, Poverty, United States

One potato per family: First come, first served. That was the instruction to volunteers distributing food in dirt-poor Arizona last week.

Food money only

“The free potato distributions are for Arizona residents only. You must show photo ID with a local mailing address,” read the newspaper advertisement. Food assistance is the “new normal”, according to the charity Feeding America.

More than half the clients of the Food Pantry system use it for more than six months of every year.

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Trevor says:

12:37pm | 23/10/11

JC Surely you are just being obtuse now? It was intended as a good-humoured piss-take on yourselves. Was it too subtle? Although I didn’t see the bit where you and St Michael took the local 911 Truther to task, I appear to have correctly surmised that staunch right-wingers like yourselves… Read more »
LC says:

06:41pm | 22/10/11

@Trev, 9/11 truth movement? Seriously? Wow, where the hell did that come from? There was an article posted here by a member of a local 9/11 truth movement last month. St. Michael and I did not greet it too happily. Speaking of the 9/11 truthers, you MIGHT be interested in… Read more »

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