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Put SNAP eligibility back to FPL rather than 133% FPL.
If poverty now reaches 133% of FPL then change FPL.
The recession is over and has been for 5 years now.
Jobs are plentiful..just look at UE.
Time to take away all the "temporary benefits" that are no longer needed.
No one is dying of starvation in the streets.
We have an obesity problem with the poor, not a starvation problem.
Put SNAP eligibility back to FPL rather than 133% FPL.
If poverty now reaches 133% of FPL then change FPL.
The recession is over and has been for 5 years now.
Jobs are plentiful..just look at UE.
Time to take away all the "temporary benefits" that are no longer needed.
No one is dying of starvation in the streets.
We have an obesity problem with the poor, not a starvation problem.
It is my understanding that states have the option to increase the FPL multiplier. 12 states, red and blue, went to 200%. Some, such as Texas, went to 165%. Interestingly, Cali and NY have maintained SNAP at 130%. There are now substantially more people with incomes > FPL on SNAP than people living at or beneath FPL.
Between 2000-2010 the number of beneficiaries doubled. The increase was steady and included 2003-7, when the economy was perceived as relatively robust.
The entire issue of FPL warrants a redefinition and needs to include the value of other social welfare programs. If states want to do their own thing and continue to define eligibility at rates above true FPL they should pay for it.
People are so dramatic in this country. I am well off and fast 4 days a month. Additionally, I eat vegetarian bean based dinners most of the time. I spend for myself, about 100 bucks a month on food. My food costs are less than most people on govt assistance. The whiny, first world problems in this country really get old.
It is my understanding that states have the option to increase the FPL multiplier. 12 states, red and blue, went to 200%. Some, such as Texas, went to 165%. Interestingly, Cali and NY have maintained SNAP at 130%. There are now substantially more people with incomes > FPL on SNAP than people living at or beneath FPL.
Between 2000-2010 the number of beneficiaries doubled. The increase was steady and included 2003-7, when the economy was perceived as relatively robust.
The entire issue of FPL warrants a redefinition and needs to include the value of other social welfare programs. If states want to do their own thing and continue to define eligibility at rates above true FPL they should pay for it.
Reality is that we are a country in decline and the numbers hide that fact.
FPL will stay where it is because that's what the public sees and reads.
But when you go hunting on the various .gov websites you see that few, if any programs are at FPL anymore.
Most are over and some are way over.
200% of FPL is $23K for a single person and near $50K for a family of four.
I'd bet you weigh these so called poor folk you'd find a serious overweight problem among many.
Many time their problem is eating too much of the wrong foods.
The lowest income quintile has a higher percentage of obesity, smoking, alcoholism and drug abuse than the other 4 income quintiles. Proven statistical fact that repeats year after year.
Know what obesity, smoking, alcoholism and drug abuse all have in common? Poor individual choices that are repeated and become poor lifestyle. Hey wait, aren't poor choices that are repeated and become a lifestyle also the primary cause of being stuck in the lowest income quintile? Why...it's....it's as if the problem isn't the availability of free food that endangers these people, but their own poor choices.
Alex, I'll take "Why All The Money In The World Won't Help These People" for $400 please.
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