Food stamp enrollment/benefits surging, in Hawaii and Rhode Island (up 40%) as well as other states:

“One in nine Americans relied on food stamps in May, the highest proportion ever, according to recently released data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). In all, 34.4 million people used the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program that provides assistance to low-income people, an increase of more than 2 percent from the previous month, and a staggering increase of 6 million over the past year.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/aug2009/food-a20.shtml

Other sources:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090823/NEWS01/908230390/-1/RSS02?source=rss_localnews

http://www.pbn.com/detail/44190.html

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