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Second, firms will be discouraged from hiring people from low-income families, including single-mothers, because they will qualify for the tax subsidy, and the firm will be charged a $3000 fee.
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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Poverty rates are even higher among African-American and Hispanic single-mothers working full-time, of which nearly 17 and 19 percent, respectively, lived in poverty.
Marcia D. Greenberger: Families Cannot Afford to Wait: Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act Now 2010
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Poverty rates are even higher among African-American and Hispanic single-mothers working full-time, of which nearly 17 and 19 percent, respectively, lived in poverty.
Marcia D. Greenberger: Families Cannot Afford to Wait: Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act Now 2010
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The characterization of poor single-mothers, who coincidentally live a life dependent on food stamps and other government subsidies, as irresponsible narcissists is surely no new phenomenon.
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Finally, the American family has changed dramatically since the establishment of the current employer based system: There are 11.5 million single-mothers in America, meaning that there are more women than ever who are not only shouldering responsibility for their health care, but also carry some or all of the burden for the health insurance of their children.
Irasema Garza: Women, Poverty And Health: A Vicious Cycle 2009
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You might have heard, if you've been anywhere near the Right-Wing 'sphere lately, of that "study" showing that single-mothers are responsible for our looming national debt.
Oh, right... delagar 2008
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(Apparently, the new formula for protagonists is professional, single-mothers with difficult to control male children.)
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You might have heard, if you've been anywhere near the Right-Wing 'sphere lately, of that "study" showing that single-mothers are responsible for our looming national debt.
Archive 2008-04-01 delagar 2008
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And this at a time when a major rallying point for conservatives has been the decline in the family, blamed most often on single-mothers and lgbt folk.
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Are single-mothers to blame for these and other social ills?
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