AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — More than 9,000 Maine residents have been removed from the state’s food stamp program since Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration began enforcing work and volunteer requirements late last year, officials said.
The number of people that have been dropped from the program has exceeded even the administration’s expectations.
About 12,000 adults who aren’t disabled and don’t have children were in the program before Jan. 1. That number has dropped to 2,680 this month, David Sorensen, spokesman for the Department of Health and Services, told The Associated Press.
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7 comments:
This needs to be done everywhere!
This is just not right.
maybe more states will join in,along with drug testing for individuals receiving government assistance
Maryland, are you listening and seeing what can actually be done. Try it for a change.
Hmmmmm, 9:55 are you sure you wand Grandma and Grandpa to take drug tests?
9:53 Are you seriously butthurt because people that CAN work but WON'T work get their life support cut off?
Let them provide for themselves. Or die.
Survival of the fittest. Grow a pair.
The 9000 will now be moving to Maryland.
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