Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120421:13:14:00
Patchwork. you have s.n.a.p., section 8, tanf, all of these. one thing i worry about is the issue of poverty traps. people who are working poor maybe a family with an income arounds 25 $25,000, they approa 100% because they pay taxes on the income and lose benefits as they get wealthy. a critical factor. talked about it last week having this discussion. >> that when you, one of the ways tanf reform, welfare reform, get rid of the cliffs. if someone gets a raise or a better job, the actual gross amount of income taking into their family, net amount redu reduces. combine the federal programs tog...
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