The Heartland Institute
Matthew Glans, Senior Policy Analyst
Commonly called “Food Stamps,” SNAP has become one of the fastest-growing welfare programs in the United States. SNAP is the fourth-largest means-tested program for low-income families and individuals with over 38.2 million recipients as of March 2019. One of the biggest problems with SNAP and the reason it grew so rapidly during the recent recession is because many states do not require recipients to actively seek employment. …