Do Any GOPers Work, Have Low-Income, and Not Use SNAP

Pictured above is Maggie Barcellano, a food stamp (SNAP program) enrollee with her daughter, Zoe, in Austin, TX. She is emblematic of new data showing that working-age people now make up the majority of households that rely on food stamps, a shift from a few years ago when children and the elderly were the main recipients.

A few facts:

Many economists agree that food stamps trigger economic activity when poor people utilize their benefits, which more than makes up for the cost. Republicans, however, take the opposite approach; they believe tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires is what stimulates growth, all the while cutting programs that help the poorest in society.

When ranking what methods help the economy, economists say that food stamps rank among the top three, while tax cuts to the rich rank about 12th.

This from here: Working-age people are now the majority recipients of food stamps, replacing children and seniors as the traditional primary beneficiaries, a new analysis also shows Federal spending on food stamps has doubled since 2008.

This from Forbes with a super chart (Profile of a SNAP user) ... good data and worth remembering next month. 

Of course the GOP always says: “… more government waste, too much spending, lots of fraud, etc. etc.” The GOP eats it up (no pun intended) and is based on this, I guess: Food stamp program with this headline:   

“It’s Official: White Folks in RED States are the Biggest Food Stamp ‘Moochers’ in the Country!” 

Thought you'd like to know.