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Food Stamp Participation Rises
The jobless rate may be down, but food stamp participation is way up. A July report shows food stamp participation up by 11,532 from June and 2.9 percent higher than a year earlier.
Tag: food stamps
Report: Food Stamps Funneling Money to Businesses
The Government Accountability Institute issued a September 2012 report in which they uncover that “only three corporations have cornered the market for providing SNAP services [food stamps] to the needy and destitute.”
Food Stamp Bonanza
Waiver of work requirement led to spike in enrollment in food stamp program, congressional study finds
The Obama administration’s waiver of work requirements for food stamps led to a marked increase in participation in the program, a report by the Congressional Research Service has found.
Got Dependency?
The federal government has been running advertisements to get more people on food stamps, according to CNN Money.
Trapped in the Net
Welfare state increases marginal tax rates on working poor, study shows
A prominent economist has found that expanding the social safety net, a key factor to President Barack Obama’s economic agenda, has nearly doubled job losses.
‘The Food Stamp President’
SNAP rolls up 70 percent since 2007, and growing
Nearly 10 Percent of N.H. Food Stamp Recipients Have Out-Of-State Address
Jesse Jackson Says Food Stamps Help the White House
Banned Retailers Still in Food Stamp Business
Scripps-Howard News Service reports that numerous retailers found to have committed fraud are still accepting food stamps from the federal government.