“Most recently, the government raised the value-added tax three percentage points, to 21 percent, on most goods, and two percentage points on many food items, making life just that much harder for those on the edge. Little relief is in sight as the country’s regional governments, facing their own budget crisis, are chipping away at a range of previously free services, including school lunches for low-income families.  For a growing number, the food in garbage bins helps make ends meet. The Caritas report also found that 22 percent of Spanish households were living in poverty and that about 600,000 had no income whatsoever.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/europe/hunger-on-the-rise-in-spain.html?_r=2&emc=eta1&pagewanted=all

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