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April 04, 2008

New data show... food stamps don't indicate a recession

[via Rojo]

The British newspaper The Independent recently used the record number of Americans on food stamps as its primary evidence that the U.S. is headed for economic ruin.

Suitably Flip uses data to explain why this is an unfair analysis in Lies, Damn Lies, and the Great Depression of 2008.

Projected food stamp costs

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