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In December 2008, SNAP/Food Stamp participation was 31,784,453 people, the highest participation level on record, and an increase of nearly 700,000 individuals from November 2008.

http://pachurchesadvocacy.org/weblog/?p=365

In August 2009, SNAP/Food Stamp participation continued to break records, rising to a record 36,491,920 people

http://www.frac.org/html/news/fsp/2009.08_FSP.htm

Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$936,051,150,463

http://costofwar.com/

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 26 Nov 2009 at 04:03:16 PM GMT is:
$ 1 2 , 0 2 3 , 0 1 1 , 2 8 1 , 4 8 6 . 9 4

The estimated population of the United States is 307,357,962
so each citizen’s share of this debt is $39,117.29.

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

unemployed, plus all marginally attached
workers, plus total employed part time for
economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian
labor force plus all marginally attached workers..
Oct 2008 11.1

Sept 2009 16.1 %

Oct 2009 17.5 %

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm

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1 in 8 or 12 % of the total population is on food stamps — Imagine that lined up at a soup kitchen instead of at home waiting for the mail —

17 % are unemployed by the “U 6 ” definition above and out of that only 5% of the total population are NOT waiting for food stamps

IRVINE, Calif. – July 16, 2009 – RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), its Midyear 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 1,905,723 foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions —

U.S. housing units (one in 84) received at least one foreclosure filing in the first half of the year.

Nevada, Arizona, Florida post top state foreclosure rates
More than 6 percent of Nevada housing units (one in 16) received at least one foreclosure filing in the first half of 2009

The above and foreclosure rates per State

http://www.realtytrac.com/ContentManagement/PressRelease.aspx?ItemID=6802

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