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While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states, at least UN is getting p
While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states, at least UN is getting p
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2017-04-21
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While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states, at least UN is getting people off welfare. It’s estimated that more than two million have left the rolls since 1994.
In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens country has been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: the Athens country poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent — twice the national average.
For advocates for the poor, that’s an indication that much more needs to be done.
"More people are getting jobs, but it’s not making their lives any better, " says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.
A center analysis of US census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, fame-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down.
But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.
"Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin that was poisoning the family," says Rector, a welfare reform analyst. "The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. It’s beginning to rebuild the work ethic, which is much more important. "
Mr. Rector and others argued that once "the habit of dependency is cracked", then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.
What is worth noting from the example of Athens country is that ______.
选项
A、60 percent of the population no longer relies on welfare
B、70 percent of the people there have been employed for two years
C、the living standards of most people are going down
D、great efforts should be made to improve people’s living standards
答案
D
解析
本题是细节题。根据文章第3段:“For advocates for…needs to be done.”可知Athens country的贫困现象提示人们需要进一步努力以改善当地人们的生活水平。
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