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There's no way like the American way. It will replay in the exact same fashion, but in worth, as the Greatest Depression settles in:

And looking at the food stamps number in the US and the real unemployment rate, we can see that we are already reaching the levels reached only during the peaks of the Great Depression.

There are about 46 million people in the US who are collecting food stamps. That's as many people as big European countries — image courtesy of ZeroHedge.com:

Real unemployment rate is already above 20%, close to 23-24% (ShadowStats.com figures)