A MODEST PROPOSAL: New Mexico’s Human Services Department
wants to bring back work requirements for those receiving food stamps.Work should not be a four-letter word, even when it comes
to getting food stamps. New Mexico’s Human Services Department plans on reinstating requirements in
place before 2009 for people who receive food stamps under the federal
government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
HSD wants some — not all — of the recipients to look for
work, attend a job training program or perform community service to keep their
SNAP benefits.
Some anti-poverty groups are calling foul…… Yes, the New
Mexico economy is in dumps, but there should be an incentive for able-bodied
people to improve their economic situations. When you receive unemployment
benefits, you have to turn in documentation to the Department of Workforce
Solutions showing you’re making a good-faith effort to find work before getting
a check. If that’s not an undue burden, the HSD
requirements hardly seem unreasonable, even in tough times.
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