A Tsunami of Hunger Looms on the Horizon

By Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. Posted April 30, 2009.

The new working poor, as well as more families with young children, are threatening to overwhelm New York City's last hunger safety net.

A crisis is brewing and Carlos Rodriguez sees it in ever longer lines. "More work boots with plaster or paint on them," he says. "Guys clearly coming in from the work site."

A spokesperson for the Food Bank for New York City, Rodriguez has experienced tough times before, but not like this. "It takes a lot of pride for a New York construction worker to stand on the soup kitchen line. That's something I never saw, even during 9/11, during that recession."

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