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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Felisa Rogers

I’m an American relying on food stamps. This country has turned us into lab rats

A woman driving in a blizzard with groceries in the passenger seat.
‘In recent years, everything has been getting harder. AI ate up most of my contract work. Competition is stiff so I cannot raise my rates … I began racking up credit card debt to pay my bills.’ Illustration: Sam Alden/The Guardian

It is 10 November, and my refrigerator is almost empty.

I am, in fact, hungry as I write this. It is not that I do not have food at all; it is that I do not have the inclination to eat a can of tuna for breakfast, nor do I have the time to cook the winter squash my neighbor gave me.

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