If you provide her with a job, of course, you provide her with a job at less than the living wage. Suppose that job, however, suppose even after that she cannot find a job, you then throw her off welfare anyway.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If you provide her with a job, of course, you provide her with a job at less than the living wage. Suppose that job…”
On the recordMay 4, 1994
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Discussing the implications of welfare reform and job provision.
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