Whether it takes the form of donations to food banks, or higher taxes to support unemployment benefits, the net-net is that everyone in the US needs to eat. And with the specter of the end of extended unemployment insurance looming large, food banks are getting ready to absorb the crush of people looking for sustenance. A crush of people that could amount to a 33% increase in the number of people heading to Feeding America's food banks.
"WASHINGTON -- Food banks across the country are watching for the end of federally-funded extended unemployment insurance.... Feeding America's 200 member food banks across the country feed nearly six million people every week. According to the Labor Department, two million long-term unemployed will be dropped from the programs by the end of December if Congress does not act."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/29/food-banks-bracing-for-en_n_789198.html
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