Posted by David Henderson
on
January 3, 2010
in hunger, poverty, welfare
One in eight Americans, and one in four kids, receive food stamps (recently renamed SNAP). Furthermore, the New York Times reports that About six million Americans receiving food stamps report they have no other income, according to an analysis of state data collected by The New York Times. In declarations that states verify and the federal government [...]
Posted by David Henderson
on
July 6, 2009
in poverty, welfare
The recent rise in the national unemployment rate to 9.5% calls into question the wisdom of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that disbanded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in favor of the current Temporary Assistant to Needy Families (TANF), which among other changes requires adult welfare recipients to engage in “work-first” [...]
