New Data Shows Welfare Not Helping Neediest Families

http://www.commondreams.org/news2003/0822-10.htm

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WASHINGTON - August 22 - Single mothers without work and welfare income reached its highest level in recorded history, according to data released today by the Children's Defense Fund. The number of jobless women with children not receiving welfare rose by 188,000 in one year, leaving a record three quarters of all single mothers without public assistance and causing a sudden surge in extreme child poverty. Single parents and their children entered the 2001 recession with less protection from a failing economy than in any recession in the last 20 years. Congress is working on a revision of the 1996 welfare reform law set to expire in September that could make the problem worse.
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Below is the link to the PDF file for the whole report
http://www.childrensdefense.org/pdf/no_work_no_welfare.pdf

even if it is a political land mine.

Cheney's break is only 87 grand this year.:grr:

and that's not even counting the benefits he's received from The Dick Cheney Agenda for Corporate Welfare Reform.

Does anybody have a link to a reasonable calcuation of how much he'll be saving on personal taxes due to the tax cuts?

Folks, this is compassionate conservativism at work here. Before you break out the tar and feathers, just remember one thing: "Ken Lay is a friend."