Why Are Fewer People Using Food Stamps?

Is it possible that those who argued that decreasing government assistance to the unemployed would spur people to find jobs were … right?

Katrina Trinko, --August 5, 2014

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Food stamp use is on the decline.
Finally. In recent years, the number of food stamp recipients has skyrocketed, growing by about 26.39 million people from 2003 to 2013, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Index of Culture and Opportunity. In 2013, about 47 million people received food stamps. More...

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