Yeah, I've got papers hanging on the wall too... but just a lowly BS in computer Science (which I won't be posting online in an attempt to impress a bunch of strangers on the internet).
And speaking as a college grad, it really doesn't impress me much given that the biggest idiots I've ever met in my life had MBAs.
Anway...
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...o-income-gain/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...welfare26.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-08/h...s?_s=PM:HEALTH
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...952317,00.html
I'll let you argue with the NY times, Seattle Times, CNN, and Time Magazine now because I'm done here.
Or maybe these were the fringe blogs you were talking about?
EDIT: Just came across this:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/29SNAPcurrPP.htm