Turning Temporary Setbacks Into Long-Term Problems

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Editorial Board has another worthwhile take on the state’s recent decision to raise asset limit barriers to getting nutritional assistance through the SNAP program.

Since the conventions of the blogosphere demand it, here’s a snippet:

Pennsylvania is turning temporary setbacks into long-term problems. The recently unemployed must drain their bank accounts before becoming eligible.

The stated reasons for imposing the test are to save money and attack fraud. But conducting the asset test will cost the program more money than it does to run it now. And the state’s fraud rate is already among the lowest in the nation.

But really you should just go read the whole thing.