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...current level of welfare benefits as the minimum necessary for a family to survive, then a single parent must make the equivalent of $10 per hour to support his or her family. In an economy where the average wage rate barely exceeds $12, it is very difficult for most poor single parents to find a job paying $10 an hour, considering their lack of education and of significant job skills...
...Republicans also want to raise the minimum Pell Grant amount from $400 to $600. Since the total amount of money allotted to the program will not increase, this move will probably take grants away from students with small or moderate need...
...jobs are dead-end and low wage. At the Fairfax County, Virginia, welfare office, the few positions listed on the bulletin board last week ranged from pet grooming to newspaper delivery (report at 4 a.m., not a great time to get a baby sitter) to child care, all at minimum wage. Only when you're looking after other people's children--and leaving your infant in a group day-care center--does mothering qualify as work...
Despite a Congressional vote raising the maximum Pell Grant by $100, the House has since proposed to raise the minimum Pell Grant from $400 to $600. Since Congress has not allotted more money to the program, the shift would raise the threshold of need, providing larger grants to fewer students...