<prompt> Human: I am currently a broke college student. As much as I would hate to get food stamps it would definitely help out a lot. Because of school Im only able to work about 30 hours at a 10 an hour job. ---I tried applying but apparently to be accepted your employer has to sign off on something. I feel too embarrassed to ask my manager. Arent there laws about privacy? Does she have to know? ---I am also wondering about potential future jobs down the line - Why do employers ask if youve used food stamps? If I were to use them is there any way I could be screwed over for it? Could using them be held against me in the future?  <response>: There are tax incentives depending on the statecountycity that benefits them for hiring people in order to get them off subsidies. Sometimes its called welfare-to-work. Usually isnt used in the hiring decision, mostly for HR purposes to claim that tax benefit. 