Things will be getting better . . .

Thanksgiving at the Bowery Mission in 1938

The number of Americans on food stamps hit a record high in June, and economists don't expect much improvement as long as unemployment remains high.

Those receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program numbered 46.37 million, the government said . . .

As the economy battles its way back from the crippling recession that the National Bureau of Economic Research says ended in 2009.

Won't they?

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