(Pictured: Depression era food line)

Just when you thought America was coming out of recession…

The number of American households on food stamps reached a new record high in March, according to new data released by the Agriculture Department.

The March numbers the USDA released Friday reveal 23,116,441 households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, each receiving an average monthly benefit of $274.30.

The number of individuals on SNAP did not break any records but remained high, with 47,727,052 people enrolled in SNAP, receiving an average monthly benefit of $132.86.

The number of individuals on SNAP hit a record high in December, with 47,792,056 people enrolled.

SNAP has been in the news in recent years and months as the program’s rolls have ballooned and the cost has quadrupled since 2001 and doubled since President Obama took office.

Nearly a quarter of the households in this country depend on the government to put food on the table.

One hundred million of our fellow countrymen  are enrolled in at least one welfare program aimed at helping them make ends meet.

Recovery?

This is a depression and it won’t be getting better any time soon.