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Here is the post by Tim Skillern at Yahoo blogs.

In the past four years, food distribution to 500 pantries, shelters, and other relief agencies in the six-county area has jumped about 60 percent. In the last year alone, that amounted to 36 million pounds of food. Krepcho estimates about 30 percent of those seeking help are first-timers. They're blue-collar and white-collar, many middle class, even some upper middle class. They include college-educated couples and professionals.

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The Blog Post That Triggered Above Blog Post : First Person: Hungry in America
There are days I have skipped meals so my husband and son will not. If they notice, I let them think I am fasting. I also water down my juice and milk so that it lasts longer.

I utilize food pantries, but it is not enough. We've had to ration our meals. On more than a few occasions, we were extremely low on food for five or six days until pay day.

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this is in America? where in America?

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What people dont realize is that the glimmer and glamour of America is limited to rich people in major cities New York, Chicago, LA etc.

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A lot of Chicago is poor.

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I suppose redistribution of wealth should be on people's mind.

PS: Sorry, did not hit the nail on the head.
Zakat of $40 million is $1 million.

[EscaCsamas]

Here is some related academic perspective.