Boston Globe: "The majority of working-age people on food stamps have jobs"

"The problem isn't that we have 42 million participating on SNAP," FitzSimons said. "The problem is that we have 42 million people living in poverty in a system where the minimum wage is nowhere near the livable wage." 

"People who rely on government assistance are often subject to the same three-word admonishment: Get a job.

But many already have one.

In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time.

Boston Globe: "The majority of working-age
people on food stamps have jobs"

At a time when the food-stamp system is under fire and more strict work requirements are starting to kick in, a Globe review of companies with the most SNAP recipients in the state shows many are employed by high-profile companies in retail, health care, and the gig economy.

Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash, and Tempus Unlimited, a Stoughton developmental disabilities provider, each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on food stamps, according to data obtained from the state Department of Transitional Assistance, which administers the federal program."

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