Subj : Re: Robbing the Poor to Pay the Rich
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Thu Oct 06 2022 08:00 pm

On 06 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 GD>  JT> Being "out of work with no money" is just one example of being poor, 
 GD>  JT> certainly not the only one. A farmer who worked all season only to se
 GD>  JT> some of his crop fail for reasons beyond his control could also be
 GD>  JT> considered poor, as could someone working a minimum-wage job to suppo
 GD>  JT> a family. In fact, most people on public assistance do have jobs.
 GD> A greater amount of people on public assistance are jobless. 
 GD> This I have seen within my former job for the ACP Affordable Connectivity
 GD> Program. As proof of wages was required or having the association with a
 GD> selected Federal Program. I can tell you from personal experience most
 GD> of these individuals had no employment. I spoke to "consumers" from all
 GD> over the U.S. It was the states of Michigan, Ohio and Alabama that
 GD> seemed to have the greatest disparity and the highest poverty.

I also have a job dealing with these statistics, and I can tell you that
having, or actively seeking, a job is in most cases a requirement for public
assistance.

Jeff.

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