Food Stamps, and Nothing Else (Shocking US Chart)

New York Slimes ^ | 1/2/2010

[GVnana]

Thanks for "Nothing" Barack.

[digger48]

Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had claimed no other cash income in 2007 and 2009.

[combat_boots]

Upcoming weather.

[PeterPrinciple]

Iowa +32%

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Visited the local uhaul, loaded up with vehicles. I asked him where they were all coming from, said chicago and St Louis. He asks them if they have jobs when they get here but few did.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Barry Lesko Obama

[Texas resident]

Looks like a map of the states that ozero carried.

[John.Galt2012]

Just wondering. Which states were hit hardest by the real estate bubble? Hmmmm... the states with the most sub prime default problems also top the charts for food stamps. I wonder if there is any correlation there?

[Uncle Miltie]

My rich neighbor’s bake-at-home-pizza business is thriving in the recession.

He takes food stamps.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

It's weird to see so many Food Stamp recipients in Utah.

Either there were not that many to begin with, so a few more equates to a large percentage increase ...

or someone is getting a bunch of blue staters to move into Utah to skew future voting patterns.

[StAnDeliver]

Google “food stamp fraud” and your state. One of those top 2 states on that map has a whole division devoted to food stamp fraud...

[SZonian]

I suppose CA is still trying to assess the impact of allowing welfare cards (EBT’s) to be used in fast food establishments before they provide any “data”.

SZ

[upchuck]

I’m in South Carolina and it’s up 36%.

I’m an interviewer at a local food/clothing bank. Most of the people I interview have no job and no money. Some of them are on SSI. Most all of them are on Food Stamps.

And many of them have no income other than food stamps. When pressed, they will admit to raking leaves, picking up cans and cleaning houses for a little cash.

Believe it or not, I’ve even had people admit Food Stamp fraud to me. They go to the grocery, load their cart with high-end food stuffs (steak, lobster, choice deli items, etc.), pay with their food stamps and then sell their goodies to their neighbors.

None of these people are getting anywhere fast. They live a very disconnected, stop-gap life.

I pray for these folks every day and thank God he has seen fit to take care of me.

[Alberta's Child]

And New Jersey is kind of like the exact opposite. Only 7% increase from 2007 to 2009. I suspect it’s because almost anyone who could possible be on food stamps in New Jersey IS already on them.

[SuziQ]

I suspect it’s because almost anyone who could possible be on food stamps in New Jersey IS already on them.

That's what occurred to me when I saw that MS didn't have any increases.

[Oatka]

Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had claimed no other cash income in 2007 and 2009.

Great minds think alike. :-)

[tbw2]

What about Mormon polygamists? Or men who worked in construction now unemployed?

[HardStarboard]

>>>I suspect it’s because almost anyone who could possible be on food stamps in New Jersey IS already on them.?<<<

An increase of those on food stamps from 99% to 106%.

Roughly the same percentage as voter registration increases.

[Wuli]

The 173% increase figure for Nevada is ONLY feasible if the massive numbers of illegal immigrants working in the Las Vegas housing-construction-market-bubble, somehow managed to qualify for food stamps, and other citizen benefits.

[tbw2]

How many of these cases are “going galt”?

[cosine]

Keep in mind that people who qualify for food stamps are likely to qualify for a bunch of other benefits for housing, transportation, energy assistance, tuition, child care, food (via WIC), and health care. If they work, they might get cash back via the EITC. The “in-kind” subsidies are not counted in measures of the poverty level.