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Commonly referred to as food stamps.
by pc86 4y ago
Commonly referred to as food stamps.
- kube-system 4y agoOften SNAP is called "food stamps", but they're similar: https://www.benefits.gov/news/article/439 https://www.benefits.gov/news/article/439
- krzyk 4y agoI thought the 80ties behind iron curtain were bad because we had food stamps.
- InitialLastName 4y agoWait until you hear about Government Cheese [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
- runako 4y agoThe Food Stamps program became SNAP. These are both distinct from WIC. It is crucial that we have lots of programs with distinct eligibility criteria to make sure that poor people are suffering sufficiently.
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- runako 4y agoFood stamps was a different program, targeted at poor people more generally. It's now SNAP, and it does not require recipients to have children < 5 years old or be pregnant. 1 in 6 American kids live in a household that receives SNAP benefits. I don't have the stats handy, but some large plurality of Americans receive SNAP benefits at some point during their lives.