0 a piece of paper that is given to poor people by the government and with which they can then buy food --
1 a specially printed piece of paper worth a specific dollar amount which the US government provides to poor people for buying food --
2 a small paper that is given by the US government to poor people and that can be used to buy food: --
The dynamic of ideological play inherent to the various forms of budget rule will again be illustrated using the food stamp program.
King carefully draws the implications of the incentives built into different structures of funding that have marked the food stamp program over its history.
This was roughly the situation that existed regarding the food stamp program during the latter years of its formative period.
If either deviated from forecast, food stamp spending again would commence to exceed the caps.
This study of the food stamp program, however, reveals that caps are more likely to engender procedural complexities and substantive policy bias.
As a consequence of such legislative wrangling, the amount of available funds for the food stamp program in any given year was uncertain.
By the 1985 reauthorization bill, the existence of food stamp caps had become more symbolic and less enforceable.
By 1990 and the next scheduled program reauthorization, food stamp budget caps had lost even perceived political value.
