Why free cell phones for welfare recipients?
I don’t know, but I know there is a misconception about the people on welfare. Five Major Welfare Myths Myth #1: The typical welfare recipient is a black inner city single mother. The Census Bureau’s most recent annual poverty report found that urban black mothers constitute less than one out of six of all poor households. Rural white families account for more–one out of five. White surburban families accountfor even more–one out of four. Myth #2: The poor are lazy. Forty percent of poor adults work, although many cannot find full time jobs. Indeed, even when they do they may still be in poverty. Some 11 million jobs in 1991 paid less than $11,500, $2,000 under the official poverty level for a family of four. Of those poor adults who don’t work, 90 percent fall into the following categories: 22 percent are disabled, 17 percent are in school, 21 percent are elderly retirees, 31 percent have family responsibilities. Myth #3: Welfare mothers breed welfare daughters. Two long term studie
