{"id":1621,"date":"2010-11-08T08:31:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T14:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2010-11-07T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T01:13:27","slug":"food-stamps-where-does-your-state-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2010\/11\/food-stamps-where-does-your-state-rank\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Stamps: Where Does Your State Rank?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I posted about the fact that roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2010\/10\/food-stamp-participation-still-rising\/\">one in every eight<\/a> Americans will participate in food stamp programs in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>Now the <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i> presents us with an article, and accompanying chart, regarding each state&#8217;s participation in the program:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article\">WSJ: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2010\/11\/04\/some-14-of-us-uses-food-stamps\/\" target=\"_blank\">In U.S., Some 14% Rely on Food Stamps<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Turns out that my state, Oklahoma, shows up at #15 in the ranking of states with the highest percentage of population on food stamps.  I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m surprised that 16.5 percent of Oklahomans utilize food stamps, as the Sooner State has never been noted for any sort of widespread affluence.  (We do likes us some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2009\/04\/food-stamps-buy-what\/\">crappy Easter baskets<\/a>, though, uh huh.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I posted about the fact that roughly one in every eight Americans will participate in food stamp programs in the coming year. 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