Making the Drudge Report, the Columbus Dispatch reports that the number of Ohioans receiving food stamps is up to one in 10, double the recipients in 2001 and the highest number in the state’s history.

“The economy and loss of manufacturing jobs are at the root of what’s going on. But lately (it’s) the rising cost of transportation and food — people who were barely getting by, are not getting by,” said Jack Frech, director of the Athens County Department of Job and Family Services.

Is the subsidization of ethanol worth putting record number of people on food stamps? Is having the fifth highest state and local tax burden worth the absence of jobs and thus putting more people on food stamps? The federal government shares responsibility for putting anti-market policies in place, but the state of Ohio has things it can do to help its citizens out.