Food Stamps and Unemployment

More evidence that the current economic “recovery” is unlike any other comes via Robert Doar in this item at Real Clear Markets where food stamp SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) usage has failed to take its usual course following the end of a recession by moving lower along with the unemployment rate.

Of course, new claims for unemployment insurance reached a 14-year low earlier today, so, the recent trend shown above shows no sign of reversing.

Why is this happening? The answers you might hear are likely dependent upon the political party affiliation of the person responding to the question, but this also involves changing demographics, ongoing cultural changes related to government assistance, and a host of other issues related to our financial/economic system and the decline of an aging empire.