It is a misleading headline though. From the headline, I thought the article would be telling me that 62% of welfare recipients had lost benefits. In truth, it was 62% of the 11,000+ who were deemed able-bodied and without children that were dropped from the program, I assume, because they didn't find work. That still left 4000+ who remained on the program and who were able-bodied and without children .. again, I assume because they were able to find work and still meet the food-stamp eligibility.
It's not 62% of the 1.6 million on food stamps, but, rather 62% of 11,779.