Showing posts with label Food Stamps (SNAP). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food Stamps (SNAP). Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2025

The SNAP Dilemma: Addressing Hunger While Perpetuating Poverty and Government Dependency

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The United States federal government is heading toward the longest government shutdown. Aside from the COVID-era Obamacare premium tax credi...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

It Is Not a Snap Judgment to Criticize SNAP's Rising Overpayment Problem

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Everyone needs to eat. If people do not eat food, they die. It is part of why the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also kno...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

SNAP Benefits Exacerbate Obesity and Diet-Related Disease: Can Something Be Done?

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The debt ceiling fight wages on in Congress. One of the items that is part of this fight is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

We Need to Strengthen Work Requirements in SNAP and Other Safety Net Programs

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The drama with the debt limit continues. The deadline to deal with the debt ceiling is in about two months. Biden wants a no-strings-attac...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Is Strengthening Food Stamp Work Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents a SNAP Decision?

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This past week, the Trump Administration's Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance P...
Thursday, March 1, 2018

"Harvest Box": Food Boxes Are a Terrible, Paternalistic Form of Food Assistance Reform

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The Trump administration recently released its FY2019 Budget Proposal . One of the budget reforms that caught my eye was with regards to the...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Why Food Stamps Should Come With Work Requirements

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About two and a half years ago, I wrote a thorough piece on reforming the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or what is comm...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Why We Need to Reform the Food Stamps Program and How to Approach Reform

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Facebook debates can be nasty and unproductive at times. Yesterday, I was in the middle of one about food stamps that was, on the whole, pro...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Why Poverty Hasn't Taken a Good Licking From Food Stamps....Oh, Snap!

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Poverty is no fun. Neither is food insecurity. Not knowing where your next meal is coming from must be a real drag, especially given the iss...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Food Stamp Usage Goes Up

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported a 17% rise in Americans using food stamps.  This brings the grand total to 14% of all Ameri...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Food Stamps: A Symptom of Big Government

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I was reading a Fox News article this morning regarding how so many are receiving food stamps.  Regardless of how one feels about Fox News,...