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Published: March 19, 2009
Hurting: ‘Unemployed poor’ growing in state
Here’s a term to add to your lexicon — the unemployed poor.
Department of Human Services Director Howard Hendrick used the term this week in describing for legislators how food stamp usage has reached an all-time high in Oklahoma . More than 444,000 of our residents received food stamps in February — a jump of 6.4 percent over the same month in 2008. Some of those on February’s rolls are firs...
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