http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/pd/29SNAPcurrPP.pdf
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap
Other relavant in for from the article.
“We must continue to do all that we can to eliminate generational poverty and get people back to work,” said LePage when announcing he would enforce the work requirements. “We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.”
According to a 2012 Rasmussen national poll, roughly 83% of adults nationwide supported a work requirement for welfare, and only 7% opposed it.
While this looks good as a a byline, I wonder what the reduction in actual budget is. Single adults with no dependents are the lowest outlay; compare to “welfare mothers” with ten kids for example. While getting “welfare bums” off the rolls is a good start, this reduction is more good politics than good fiscal policy: it is unlikely to have a meaningful impact on the bottom line, or the central issue of transferring wealth to support other people’s poor/immoral life choices.
Before this I understand Maine had become something of a magnet for low-income welfare seekers. The benefits were generous, and cost of living low by New England standards.
Have you seen the latest abomination by the entitlement class champions? This political screed against Governor LePage and Maine Republicans was actually printed in the obituary section of the Bangor Daily News yesterday, blaming them for the woman's death (she actually passed away in December 2014.
There are no depths too low for this "newspaper" and the moonbat class.