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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by noobermin on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:23PM (#17965351)
The article points out this is is a vanishingly small percentage:

>That is, among the poor, two in 100 are working-age adults disconnected from the labor market for unknown reasons. The nonworking poor person getting something for nothing is a lot like the cheat committing voter fraud: pariahs who loom far larger in the American imagination than in real life.

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by throwaway2048 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @02:08AM (#17965927)
But make fantastic deflection ammo for those who benefit heavily from the status quo.
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