Sunday, July 14, 2013

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:
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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.

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