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   On 06 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...   
    GD>  JT> Being "out of work with no money" is just one example of being poor,    
    GD>  JT> certainly not the only one. A farmer who worked all season only to se   
    GD>  JT> some of his crop fail for reasons beyond his control could also be   
    GD>  JT> considered poor, as could someone working a minimum-wage job to suppo   
    GD>  JT> a family. In fact, most people on public assistance do have jobs.   
    GD> A greater amount of people on public assistance are jobless.    
    GD> This I have seen within my former job for the ACP Affordable Connectivity   
    GD> Program. As proof of wages was required or having the association with a   
    GD> selected Federal Program. I can tell you from personal experience most   
    GD> of these individuals had no employment. I spoke to "consumers" from all   
    GD> over the U.S. It was the states of Michigan, Ohio and Alabama that   
    GD> seemed to have the greatest disparity and the highest poverty.   
      
   I also have a job dealing with these statistics, and I can tell you that   
   having, or actively seeking, a job is in most cases a requirement for public   
   assistance.   
      
   Jeff.   
      
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