Food Stamps: Annotated Bibliography

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For my Annotated Bibliography I decided to stick with my original core reading, “How a Government Computer Glitch Forced Thousands of Families to go Hungry” I chose to stick with this piece because of my interest in the social service field. I’m not exactly digging into how the government plays a role in food stamps, but how people view them and the affects that they may be causing.
1.) Baum, C. (2011). The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity. Southern Economic Journal. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.evansville.libproxy.ivytech.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=1c20942d-8f60-4bc8-b41d-c14a6f208430@sessionmgr4008&vid=5&hid=4210
Baum’s article discusses how food stamps may be effecting the population and their weight. As stated above …show more content…

Choosing this reading is so I can break down the bad of the program and point out the flaws. The article discusses a married couple hiding their marriage simply to continue receiving these benefits, but why was it so easy? I think that’s what caught my eye about it. My source affects my view in two different ways, how is this happening and why are people still getting away with it?
3.) Smith, R. (2013, August). “Preventing Poverty.” Washington Viewpoint. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.evansville.libproxy.ivytech.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=1c20942d-8f60-4bc8-b41d-c14a6f208430%40sessionmgr4008&vid=13&hid=4105
For my last article, “Preventing Poverty” is discussing how the government is spending billions of dollars to provide families in poverty the help they need, but why they aren’t getting to the point of what is causing poverty. I selected this piece because the fact that the government is just putting ‘Band-Aids’ on the problem and not getting to the source is what bothers me. The most fascinating point that Smith makes is that the government is just temporary solving a problem instead of getting to the bottom of it, this source doesn’t exactly affect my view of the problem because this is something I agree

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