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Economy
SNAP payments to shrink in 32 states as emergency benefits end next month
2023-01-28
[The Hill] OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Emergency benefits that have helped boost payments to SNAP recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to end soon, leaving families with less money and high grocery prices.
SNAP, it's so 'old school' who needs it ?
SNAP, which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, used to be called the Food Stamp Program. For nearly three years, households have been receiving an additional $95 or more on top of their normal allotment.

In 17 states, those added emergency benefits have already expired as of January 2023. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  It will be a great opportunity for companies to hire people who are conditioned not to work. Every workplace can be like pre-Musk Twitter.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-01-28 12:47  

#4  Not to worry; blue states have planned for this by giving Smash and Grab OJT classes to feral youts. This skill is transferable from jewelry stores to the local Safeway, not an issue.
Local Walmart has taken to locking up car headlight bulbs and flashlights…
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2023-01-28 10:11  

#3  SNAP payments to return to normal baseline.

and high grocery prices.

Oooh! Oooh! Big Newspaper admitted high grocery prices compared to 2020!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-01-28 10:09  

#2  This will be hard on strip clubs and convenience stores that ring up beer and wine as milk and bread.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-01-28 07:31  

#1  Incentive to get a job may be returning.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-01-28 02:54  

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