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Originally Posted by tadd

Flint:
Work Rules: With certain exceptions, able-bodied adults between 16 and 60 years of age must register for work, accept an offer of suitable work, and take part in an employment and training program to which they will be referred by the SNAP office.

Generally, able-bodied adults aged 18 to 50 who do not have children and are not pregnant can only get SNAP benefits for 3 months in a 3-year period unless they are working or participating in a work or workfare program. There are a few exceptions.

From here: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/facts

So it’s not like the majority of folks get on this stay on SNAP. The only folks who are streamlined for easy re-apply are those over 60.

Most of these programs have limits to them. The days of the welfare queen are far harder to obtain.

Back to the topic, perhaps the young have seen how it used to be done and are deciding to do it differently.

The ironic bit is that as a nation we are close to the biggest transfer of wealth ever as the boomers begin to die off in mass. The young will inherit the earth despite system the old have created.

It is awfully easy to register for work and ensure that you are not hired during your interview. I have interviewed many that ensured that I would never hire them on the spot. It is also pretty easy to not be "able-bodied." I have a tenant that is in her late mid to late fifties and gets SNAP. She does not work and has not since she initially rented the home 8 years ago. Her SNAP acceptance/payment paperwork is right in front of me.

If I recall, SNAP work requirements were waived during COVID starting in March 2020...just about the time when the government told me that I could not evict non-paying tenants. So, there really has been no work requirement...and welfare queens are everywhere.

Yes, the youngsters will inherit what their parents worked so hard to earn/save...but they will waste it all quickly. Just as they do now.