Pocono Record, November 18, 2013, Monday

Pocono Record

November 18, 2013, Monday

Pocono Record (full article)

Food stamp fraud not much of a problem in Pennsylvania

The notion that people would quit working to collect unemployment and food stamp benefits makes no sense, said John Bishop, a labor economist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

"The idea that a person is not working because they can get food stamps is crazy," he said. "It is such a modest amount of support. But for people on the margin with not a lot of money, it really is a boost for them."