American Mothers Living in Poverty

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This paper challenges the argument that the welfare reform initiative is "working" and suggests instead that, according to credible sources, women are, in fact, penalized by the very system that has been put in place to "help" them.

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"The reason these figures do not help show the true picture of what poverty is like for American women is that they do not take into account the differences there are in the cost of living in different areas around the States. A person may find cheaper accommodation if they were living in a rural area for example, than they would if they were living in the heart of New York or Washington D.C. By assuming that the cost of living remains constant in all States, means that the Census Bureau figures cannot be taken at face value. A yearly income of $25,000 for a family of five may seem like comfortable living standards in some areas of the States, but easily be below the poverty line if they are paying more that $1000 a month for accommodation, which is feasible in many urban areas in America."

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