Posted on 07/05/2017 4:03:50 AM PDT by Zakeet
After the food stamp rolls swelled for years under the Obama administration, fresh figures show a dramatic reduction in states that recently have moved to restore work requirements.
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Alabama began 2017 by requiring able-bodied adults without children in 13 counties to either find a job or participate in work training as a condition for continuing to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
According to AL.com, the number of those recipients declined from 5,538 to 831 between Jan. 1 and the beginning of May – an 85 percent drop.
Similar changes were implemented in select counties in Georgia and by the end of the first three months, the number of adults receiving benefits in three participating counties dropped 58 percent, according to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
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Kansas saw a 75 percent decline after implementing work requirements in 2013. In addition, nearly 60 percent of former beneficiaries found employment within 12 months and their incomes rose by an average of 127 percent per year, according to the Foundation for Government Accountability.
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This idea was proved valid by Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin about a hundred years ago. Why is it “breaking news” now?
Bet drug test requirements would have the same result.
If you build it, they will come.
If you take it away, they will leave.
(I realize that, {If you build it, “they” will come.} is a misquote, but “they” has replaced “he” in today’ lexicon)
Just beating the purists to the punch
heh heh heh heh... i still miss Sam
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