You bumped your head.Only 17 percent of people on food programs work full time.And 2/3s of them dont work AT ALL.

You must not have liked my response,,(you Kanadians hate facts and call them fake news) or was I not allowed to answer?

They could keep working. We don't owe boomers a retirement, especially one that comes at the cost of future generations.

Most SNAP participants who can work do so. Over half of working-age, non-disabled people who participated in SNAP in a typical month in 2015 were working in that month, based on U.S. Census Bureau data. Further, 74 percent worked in the 12 months before or after that month.

"While one-third of participants are children,"

P.S. there is 80 billion saved.

Add that to 50 billion in foreign aid and we made it to 130 billion.

$230 billion shortfall. Social Security this year. This will be growing.

I believe i responded appropriately. Look back.

When you say "worked"..that can mean worked two weeks out of the whole year.I said only 17 percent work full time FACT.And 80 billion save from what,,having to work !!I take it you collected some GOV. Assistance and this is a sensitive topic for you.Im not judging by the way.

Just learning,,,I saw your response.And all it was is trying to deflect by saying"Yea,but America this and America that.You wont admit that your immigration policies is just increasing your Welfare State,,not your tax base.

No you are just assumptin. The math is the math. Cut the entire discretionary budget and the U.S. would still be running deficet. I'd judge me a "bum" if I was on the dole like most Americans.

Dirt,,its OK if your on Welfare.You probly got a sore toe or something.

That you know all the immigrants in Canada personally, otherwise your guessing.

… even it was … giving our nations away to the 3rd world isn’t the answer

… that’s suicidal

Oh,,We have our own similar problems here.Im aware of that Forest. We are trying to solve ours.Kanadas is just begining.

There's no good reason to dredge up old data, from well over a decade ago, when newer data is available.

I asked:

Percentage of US adults who receive SNAP benefits, who work full time?

"Yes. The latest federal analysis I found is from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), using 2024 data.

About 20 million adults ages 19–64 lived in households receiving SNAP.
About 10.6 million of them worked at some point during 2024 — roughly 53%.
Of those working SNAP adults, about two-thirds worked full-time hours, defined as 35+ hours per week.

So, depending on exactly what you mean by “percentage of SNAP adults who work full time”:

Among working SNAP adults

? 67% work full-time hours.

Among all SNAP adults ages 19–64

? 35% are working full-time hours (roughly 10.6 million × two-thirds out of 20 million).

That's an important distinction. It is not correct to say that two-thirds of all SNAP adults work full time—two-thirds refers to the subset who are working.

There is also a distinction between working 35+ hours per week and working full-time for most/all of the year. GAO found that the latter percentage is considerably lower."

If you're asking because you want to know how many SNAP recipients are employed full-time for the entire year, I can give you that number too."

I replied:

Yes

"Yes. The “full-time for the entire year” figure is quite a bit lower than the weekly full-time figure.

For SNAP recipients who earned wages in 2018, GAO found:

71.9% worked at least 35 hours per week.
51.2% worked 50–52 weeks of the year.
The remaining 20.7% worked fewer than 50 weeks but at least 35 hours in the weeks they worked.

So the best historical federal estimate is about 51% of working-age SNAP wage earners worked full-time hours for essentially the entire year.

The newer GAO report using 2024 data confirms that about two-thirds of working SNAP adults worked 35+ hours per week, but it specifically says they were less likely than other workers to work full-time hours for 50+ weeks.

One important distinction: these percentages are among SNAP adults who earned wages, not all SNAP recipients. Children, elderly adults, disabled adults, and adults who didn't work are included in the overall SNAP population.

If you want, I can also calculate what percentage of ALL adult SNAP recipients—not just wage earners—are working full-time year-round."

I replied:

Yes

"Yes. If we use all SNAP adults ages 19–64 as the denominator, rather than only those who worked, the picture is:

About 20 million adults ages 19–64 lived in households receiving SNAP in 2024.
About 10.6 million of them worked at some point during the year.
Roughly two-thirds of the working group worked 35+ hours per week.

For the “full-time, essentially all year” measure, the most precise published national figure remains the earlier GAO/Census analysis: 51.2% of SNAP wage earners worked at least 35 hours per week for 50–52 weeks.

Applying that proportion to the newer 2024 population gives an approximate calculation:

10.6 million × 51.2% ? 5.43 million

Then:

5.43 million ÷ 20 million ? 27%

So approximately 27% of all SNAP adults ages 19–64 work full-time for essentially the entire year.

That's a useful distinction:

SNAP adults 19–64 Approx. number
Total 20 million
Worked at some point 10.6 million
Worked 35+ hrs/week ~7 million
Worked 35+ hrs/week for 50–52 weeks ~5.4 million
Percentage of all SNAP adults ~27%

Important caveat: The 27% is an estimate, not a directly published 2024 statistic. GAO's new 2024 report says the full-year percentage is lower than for non-SNAP workers but doesn't give the exact figure in its summary. I'm applying the 51.2% from the comparable earlier Census analysis to the 2024 working population.

If you'd like, I can also
break the other 73% down into children, elderly, disabled, unemployed adults, and adults working part-time/intermittently."



To sum it all up, in 2024, a measly 27% of adults receiving SNAP benefits worked full time for just 35 weeks or more. Kudos to them for working and shame on any of the others who could.

Keith

You sure swallow that crap hook line and sinker.

Its not the skin color thats an issue. The issues i personally have is those coming that are geitng hand outs, dont want to become Americans and assimilate like at outr founding but want to ture the US into the crap hole thy came from.

I had the privilege of geting to speak with 2 different foreigners at some recent medical appointments. They came from Cuba. They were more patriotic than most Americans. They knew what it was like living under a dictator. I would gladly take 10 of them than 1000 left wing entitled individuals.

If we have room and they bring something positive to offer come on in. If you wast to come hate my country that is so great you are will int to give up your life and move here. You have nothing to offer but holding your hand out. Stay where your at.

Pretty simple concept to understand. Its not skin color. Its are you an asset to my country or a liability.

....probably under the table for cash.

…. I was referring to all European built nations Upstate

The government should still always strive to save the people's money when it can.

I have no sympathy for capable adults. I do strongly believe that no American children should want for adequate nutrition, a safe place to live and the best education possible, to help them reach their full potential for good.

Keith

If we had a stick my tongue out at you emoji I would click on it right now. PS: did I mention that Buffalo just beat Houston at Houston?

X3

Sorry upstate, i tried to respond to your post but i can’t keep up anymore.

To be clear, i’m not disputing what your saying. you are correct.
What Canada did with immigration was wrong and looks like it didn’t have the intended result.
We let far too many people in far too quickly and the vetting was far too lienient.

I was simply trying to explain why the the politians did what they did.
In fact, There were a number of things done during this era that were not managed well.