Stamps

Homelessness, hunger and shame: poverty is rampant in the richest country in the world. Over 40 - million people in the United States live below the poverty line, twice as many as it was fifty years ago. It can happen very quickly. Many people in the United States fall through the social safety net. In the structurally weak mining region of the Appalachians, it has become almost normal for people to go shopping with food stamps. And those who lose their home often have no choice but to live in a car. There are so many homeless people in Los Angeles that relief organizations have started to build small wooden huts to provide them with a roof over their heads. The number of homeless children has also risen dramatically, reaching 1.5 - million, three times more than during the Great Depression the 1930s. A documentary about the fate of the poor in the United States today. 这是一部对于贫平易近生活情况的记录片。在美国这个天下上最富有的国度,有超越4万万人低于穷困线,比50年前多了两倍。一夜崎岖潦却是常有的。贫平易近只能依附食物券过活。无家可归的人除了住在车里不其余挑选。在洛杉矶有太多的无家可归者,一些公益构造开端赞助他们造街边小板屋。无家可归儿童的数目也大幅回升,亲近150万,这个数字是1930年月大冷落时代的3倍。这是一部对于贫平易近在本日美国的运气。