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85% drop in food stamp recipients in AL counties where work requirement restarted
« on: June 06, 2017, 03:43:40 pm »
85% drop in food stamp recipients in AL counties where work requirement restarted

By Rick Moran June 6, 2017

From our file named "Duh."  The Alabama Department of Human Resources says 13 counties that reinitiated a work requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program, saw an 85% drop in recipients.

The counties had been exempt from the work requirement due to high levels of unemployment.  But with the economy recovering, the state of Alabama restarted the work requirement on January 1 this year, which resulted in the massive drop in SNAP participants.

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Re: 85% drop in food stamp recipients in AL counties where work requirement restarted
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2017, 03:44:38 pm »
Funny how that works.
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Re: 85% drop in food stamp recipients in AL counties where work requirement restarted
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2017, 03:49:54 pm »
Amazing!  Simply amazing!
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Re: 85% drop in food stamp recipients in AL counties where work requirement restarted
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2017, 10:13:42 pm »
Geez, even Bill Clinton figured that out a few decades ago.
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