Would also receive food stamp Debit cards worth $9,216 a year, $9,476 in housing subsidies and $877 of government payments for utility bills, $16,033 to fund Medicaid, $3,102 in free meals at schools and $6,624 in temporary assistance for Needy Families. All This family's income would be $64,128, or 254% of the poverty level. And look, the point, Phil Graham goes on, on this, but the point is when they're measuring income, they exclude all the welfare and benefits that are going down and … (31:59–32:10)
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Asserts that the total income of a low-income family, including benefits, is 254% of the poverty level.
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