SNAP Reforms Include Perverse Incentive

Context, history matter in fairly assessing recent SNAP cuts

Cutting federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly called “food stamps,” is serious business anywhere in the U.S., but in no state is it more consequential than in Mississippi.

SNAP reforms include perverse incentive

Mississippi, as with many states, is under financial pressure to get its so-called “error rate” down on the welfare program that used to be known as food stamps.