85 percent drop in food stamp participation after work requirements restarted

[james_1957]

Thirteen previously exempted Alabama counties saw an 85 percent drop in food stamp participation after work requirements were put in place on Jan. 1, according to the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

The counties - Greene, Hale, Perry, Dallas, Lowndes, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Clarke, Washington, Choctaw, Sumter and Barbour - had been exempt from a change that limited able-bodied adults without dependents to three months of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits within a three-year time frame unless they were working or participating in an approved training program.

During the economic downturn of 2011-2013, several states - including Alabama - waived the SNAP work requirements in response to high unemployment. It was reinstituted for 54 counties on Jan. 1, 2016 and for the remaining 13 on Jan. 1, 2017. As of April 2017, the highest jobless rate among the 13 previously excluded counties was in Wilcox County, which reported a state-high unemployment rate of 11.7 percent, down more than 11 percentage points from the county's jobless rate for the same month of 2011.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/13_alabama_counties_had_85_per.html

 

[handysr]

Wasn't this discussed here about two weeks ago?

 

[BotanyBoy]

Wasn't this discussed here about two weeks ago?

Yep, the left thought it was on par with the Nazi Holocaust and the right laughed at them.

 

[james_1957]

Wasn't this discussed here about two weeks ago?

That thread referenced Georgia.

This thread references Alabama.

Since Obama said we have 57 states, I do believe I'll be starting a few more threads.

 

[lovecraft68]

Because there are no jobs for them to get you stupid fuck. Really are you that stupid? Or just as conceited and out of touch as the rest of the right who think everyone on assistance is a welfare leech who never had a job.

I hope you lose everything you have just so you can see what all these 'bums' are going through.

What a piece of shit. You and rightguide need to get a room together.

 

[jaF0]

There's also the question of defining 'able bodied'. Being able to walk and talk doesn't mean you're able to work.

And as was discussed on the other thread, how many will just steal food now? Or sell drugs?

 

[BotanyBoy]

Because there are no jobs for them to get you stupid fuck. Really are you that stupid? Or just as conceited and out of touch as the rest of the right who think everyone on assistance is a welfare leech who never had a job.

I hope you lose everything you have just so you can see what all these 'bums' are going through.

What a piece of shit. You and rightguide need to get a room together.

So much hate and anger LOL