That's a new estimate by a left-leaning think tank, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which is urging Congress to change a federal law that limits how long someone can receive food stamps when they are out of a job.
Under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, most adults without children can receive food stamps for only three months unless they are working or attending a job training program at least 20 hours a week.
The three-month period was designed in the mid-1990s as a compromise between lawmakers who wanted a safety net and those who wanted to give beneficiaries an incentive to work.
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4 comments:
Boo frickin Hoo. Get a job!
I agree. Get jobs!
But from what I've seen here from people on this site, even if they worked at minimum wage , you would still scream get a better job. There is always going to be people who need help. Just as many to work the system. I'd hate to hurt the ones who need it because of the ones who abuse it.
Maybe some of the leeches will have to get a job now.
Do you know that EVERY PERSON IN MD OVER 65 can get FS! They are on Social Security getting a cost of living increase every year! And now they are guaranteed FS! Do the working people in MD get a guaranteed RAISE every year? NOPE!!!!
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