Allowing people to just survive doesn't help them escape poverty. What actually seems to make a difference is giving them money to lift them out of poverty.
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21588385-giving-money-directly-poor-people-works-surprisingly-well-it-cannot-deal On 9 September 2014 18:45, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]> wrote: > > My concern was mostly over long-term dependency abuse: > > > http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/06/confronting-the-unsustainable-growth-of-welfare-entitlements-principles-of-reform-and-the-next-steps?query=Confronting+the+Unsustainable+Growth+of+Welfare+Entitlements:+Principles+of+Reform+and+the+Next+Step#_ftn12 > > Food Stamp Expenditures Go To Those With Long-Term Dependence > > Percent of Total Food Stamp Spending for Non-Elderly Adults and > Children, 1979-1998 > > 3.4% - Less Than 1 Year of Dependency > 6.2% - 1 to 2 Years of Dependency > 20.8% - 2 to 5 Years of Dependency > 28.9% - 5 to 10 Years of Dependency > 40.8% - 10+ Years of Dependency > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
