perse1010: PerSe1010: pantslessprogressive: Five Things You Probably Don’t Know About Food Stamps 1. A large and growing share of SNAP households are working households One reason why SNAP is serving more working families is that, for a growing share of the nation’s workers, having a job has not been enough to keep them out of poverty. 2. SNAP responded quickly and effectively to the recession. 3. Today’s large SNAP caseloads mostly reflect the extraordinarily deep and prolonged recession and the weak recovery. 4. SNAP has one of the most rigorous quality control systems of any public benefit program. 5. SNAP’s recent growth is temporary. Over the long term, SNAP is not growing faster than the economy. So, it is not contributing to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems. Source: Off the Charts Blog - Center on Budget & Policy Priorities

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Five Things You Probably Don’t Know About Food Stamps

1. A large and growing share of SNAP households are working households

One reason why SNAP is serving more working families is that, for a growing share of the nation’s workers, having a job has not been enough to keep them out of poverty.

2. SNAP responded quickly and effectively to the recession.

3. Today’s large SNAP caseloads mostly reflect the extraordinarily deep and prolonged recession and the weak recovery.

4. SNAP has one of the most rigorous quality control systems of any public benefit program.

SNAP is Projected to Shrink as a Share of GDP

5. SNAP’s recent growth is temporary.

Over the long term, SNAP is not growing faster than the economy. So, it is not contributing to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems.

Source: Off the Charts Blog - Center on Budget & Policy Priorities

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1 year ago on January 21, 2012 at 03:21pm via offthechartsblog.org
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