
Poor Food Policy
As a supporter of many public policies that aim to help the lower class, I was asked my thoughts on this policy and the resulting findings when Maine installed some new requirements for eligibility for the SNAP (food assistance) program. It mandates that applicants either work part-time (20 hours a week), enroll in a vocational program, or volunteer for a minimum of 24 hours per month. The results, as expected, greatly reduced the number of enrollees from 12k to 2.5k and is b