Because the way they calculate poverty, it means that if you have a one decent wage earner in the household, you probably aren't eligible for these programs. Which means as a practical matter, If you have one parent, frequently the mother, in the household, she is eligible for all sorts of benefits. eligible for free housing, eligible for free food, eligible for free health care, eligible for free Pell grants to go to college. If she would marry someone with a decent income, she would lose all these benefits. (18:41–18:48)
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Asserts single parents are eligible for various benefits.
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