On the recordOctober 5, 2011
So you now have no more unemployment benefits, and you are middle class yesterday, and today you are with food stamps.
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congress.govSo you now have no more unemployment benefits, and you are middle class yesterday, and today you are with food stamps.
McDermott discusses the transition from middle class to reliance on food stamps due to unemployment.
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