Record number of Illinois families on food stamps - chicagotribune.com: "CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — More Illinois families are receiving food stamps than ever before as a result of the deepest recession in decades, state officials said Monday.
More than 780,000 Illinois families got food stamps in June, up 11.9 percent from a year earlier, the Illinois Department of Human Services reported. Nationally, 40 million Americans -- 18.7 million households -- use food stamps."
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And because the state legislature hasn't even started to get realistic about cutting the budget, the fact is that this state's economy will continue to get worse for at least another two years.
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