> Sixty percent of the non-elderly who receive food stamps are in households where there’s at least one person working. This was the stat I was curious about.

> Sixty percent of the non-elderly who receive food stamps are in households where there’s at least one person working. This was the stat I was curious about. But it is generally underwhelming.. Should 1 person working in a household really expect to be able to feed, house, and clothe everyone? And if 40% of people on food stamps don't have jobs.. that seems like a much more obvious starting point. They are potentially capable* of working, but are not. Why is that? *barring mental illness, disability, etc. Which is another issue I think could be solved sooner than rebuilding the entire food welfare system.