What Used To Be the Middle Class

Both federal and state-level lawmakers have targeted the rise of food stamp use as a sign of increasing public “dependency” on the government, and have looked for ways to restrict access to food stamps, despite the continuing weakness of the job market. For example, Georgia’s legislature will debate drug testing for poor people as a condition for receipt of SNAP benefits, despite a similar measure in Florida catching virtually no one, costing millions and ultimately being ruled unconstitutional three weeks ago by a federal judge. Another similar drug testing policy in Utah yielded only 12 positive results in a year.

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[T]he Associated Press reported Sunday that working-age people have now passed children and the elderly as the majority of recipients for households relying on food stamps.

The program now covers one in seven Americans, with the fastest growth in use among workers with some college training, the AP reported.

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“Some of the change is the result of changing demographics, such as a trend toward having fewer children, but the slow economic recovery is also playing a role, with high unemployment, stagnant wages and an increasing gulf between low-wage and high-skill jobs,” the AP reported. “It’s a sign the safety net has stretched to cover what used to be the middle class.”

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