美国在2013年20%的家庭接受过政府的食物券补助

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20美国家庭食物券补助2013年经济杂谈 |
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A record 20% of American households, one in five, were on food stamps in 2013, according to from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The numbers also show there was a record number of individuals on food stamps in 2013 and that the cost of the program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), was at an all-time high.
The USDA says that there were 23,052,388 households on food stamps in the average month of fiscal 2013, an increase of 722,675 from fiscal year 2012, when there were 22,329,713 households on food stamps in the average month.