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Welfare reform is bad business for communities

Evert W. Vermeer
Published: August 29, 2011
During the second week of August, the Michigan Department of Human Services sent letters to thousands of families with children, forever canceling their cash assistance allowance effective Oct. 1. Their crime is that they are poor and have received a cash assistance check of $10 or more for 60 months or more during their lifetime.

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