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Matt:
Your first reply was right on. I worked with the welfare population for about 7 years, and it made me mad and sick. Very seldom does it seem to help and most of the time it wastes our tax dollars & creates dependency.
I can give you an example I will always remember: A lady had 10 kids, from various fathers. Collected AFTC for the 10 kids $30K +/yr.), plus welfare for herself. Tax payers paid for medicare, subsidized rent, food stamps, etc. etc. As the kids turned 18, she lost the monthly income from them. When her last kid turned 18, she was in her 50's, had a 4th grade reading level, no job skills or training, never worked (no pay into S.S.) so no work experience, and was only going to get cash aid & benefits for herself. Later welfare reform limited benefits to a total of 5 years, so when she used that up, she would have nothing in her early 60's. Of course I'm sure one of her kids would take her in.
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Marv Evans
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