Durham County residents continue to struggle, with nearly twice as many people getting food assistance through the Department of Social Services as three years ago.
An estimated 42,441 people now receive Food and Nutrition Services benefits, a 78 percent increase over the 23,856 recipients in 2008. The increase in Durham County is greater than the state’s overall increase.
And then this:
“I am really disturbed by the fact that these numbers continue to go up even after the (economic) recovery is supposed to have happened,” DSS Board Chairman Stan Holt said. “We are supposed to have recovered by 2010. And look what has happened in fiscal years 2010, 2011.”
Mr. Obama’s economic policies have failed. Period. Until risk takers and job creators are treated with respect by the Administration and Congress — via words and policies — Durham County and the rest of the country can expect to continue suffering.
