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07/14/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Another Trump economy WIN: Food stamp usage plummets below 40 million as Americans get back to work

Under Obama, more Americans (and “undocumented” people) than ever before were taking advantage of social welfare in the form of “food stamps,” or what are more officially known today as Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT). But things are changing under President Trump, as the number of food stamp recipients has dipped below 40 million – and […]

04/16/2018 / By JD Heyes

Trump just massively reduced federal welfare expenditures by reinstating the “work requirement” Obama gutted

In the mid-1990s, the Republican-led Congress and President Bill Clinton worked together to pass a significant welfare reform program that was dubbed “Workfare.” Known formally as the “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act,” it essentially required anyone receiving welfare benefits to find work and take a job in order to keep getting assistance. Not only […]

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