One way to look at it is there are currently over 90 programs in the United States in which the benefits of those programs depend on something referred to as percent of poverty and a percent of poverty. Calculations penalize two-parent families if at least one of them is working a full-time job. full time job. In other words, it encourages one parent families. There was a time in this country not too long ago I, and probably most of the people in … (14:51–15:04)
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Asserts that benefit calculations penalize two-parent families with a full-time working parent.
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