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FOR the second time, the Wise administration is cutting welfare aid to West Virginia's poorest residents. Although the state needs to make the program live within its $144 million budget, we're not sure the poorest residents are the ones who should take this hit.
Paul Nusbaum, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Resources, says the program spends nearly $230 million a year, using leftover cash from the past for over-budget aid. The money goes for cash payments to families, child care help, transportation, vision and dental programs and other efforts to make people employable.See the full content of this document
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Bad Faith: ; Welfare Cuts Hurt
Here's how the problem developed: In 1996, when welfare enrollment was still high across America, Congress passed the histori...
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