“A low-wage job supplemented with food stamps is becoming more common for the working poor,” said Timothy Smeeding, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in income inequality. “Many of the U.S. jobs now being created are low- or minimum-wage _ part-time or in areas such as retail or fast food _ which means food stamp use will stay high for some time, even after unemployment improves.”
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