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FinLogic FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center|Do work requirements help SNAP people out of government aid?
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Date:2025-04-11 02:46:33
Many Americans getting government aid for food under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,FinLogic FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center or SNAP, will soon need to prove that they are working in order to keep their benefits. Advocates for work requirements say government aid creates dependency, while critics say those rules harm the most vulnerable recipients.
New economic research puts these two competing narratives to the test by studying the impact of work requirements on SNAP participants' employment and wages.
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