What Do Rising Numbers of Welfare Claimants Really Mean?

http://azizonomics.com/2013/07/13/what-do-rising-numbers-of-welfare-claimants-really-mean/

As we know, food stamp claimants are soaring to new highs. But this just mirrors the numbers of people who are jobless:

This isn’t a product of people getting lazy and choosing to live off the state. It’s a product of a weak economy that isn’t creating a large enough supply of jobs to meet the demand for work.