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When work isn't enough to keep you off welfare and food stamps
Washington Post (blog) That chart, from a new research brief by Ken Jacobs, Ian Perry, and Jenifer MacGillvary at Berkeley, shows the share of workers in each field who also rely on at least one of four major government programs for the poor: food stamps (SNAP), Medicaid or … Majority of public assistance goes to working families, report finds The government spends $152.8 billion a year supporting workers who are paid … Report: US Taxpayers Bear 'Hidden Cost' of Poverty Wages |
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