Illinois has had the worst recovery from the recession of any state in the country, the Illinois Policy Institute reported this month: "There are nearly 300,000 fewer Illinoisans working today than in January 2008, and 170,000 fewer payroll jobs. "
"For every post-recession job created in Illinois, nearly two people have enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps," the Institute wrote. “In the recession era, the number of Illinoisans dependent on food stamps has risen by 745,000."
While Illinois sits about in the middle of the pack for a percent of the population on the SNAP assistance program, this new report is consistent with reports last year that found that Illinois was the only state to see a double-digit increase in SNAP enrollments.
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Food stamps need to go back to coupons.
ReplyDeleteFood stamps need to go back to people who really need them, not generation after generation of lazy slobs who get them.
ReplyDelete4:19-True,but much bigger and with really bright attention getting colors.
ReplyDeleteIllinois is a liberal utopia like Md. What business owner would invest there. Business in Md. is only surviving because the federal gov't is in our back yard. But not here on the shore.
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