RetroVision Media Covers The Nation's Economic Collapse and the Hidden Dangers That It Will Bring

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RetroVision Media Covers The Nation's Economic Collapse and the Hidden Dangers That It Will Bring

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Added: Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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On June 23rd 08, it was reported by the Chicago Sun-Times that more than 2500 people lined up at a county office for food vouchers in Milwaukee at around 5 a.m. When it was rumored that some were being helped and others being turned away, fights broke out requiring local law enforcement being called to restore order. According to the story, about 7 a.m. pushing and shoving began as people actually took the doors off the county doorway hinges. The reported reason most of the people were there was because they were trying to get food assistance for the losses they suffered as a result of the floods. But many were there because they simply had no food, flood or no flood. According to one worker at the facility, “The food crisis in Milwaukee and throughout the United States is worse than many of us realized”. That worker went on to say, “We expect long lines for free food in Third World countries; we don’t a line of 2500 people waiting for food vouchers at the Marcia P. Coggs Center.

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