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Further Thoughts on the Politics of Unconditional Cash Transfers and the Notion of the "Deserving" Poor | Dana Goldstein

In the United States, government tells a small group of poor people – typically mothers of young children – that if they fulfill such requirements, they can receive, for a discrete period of time, a small amount of supplemental monthly income. Childless adults and the longterm non-working, non-disabled poor are almost completely excluded from social welfare efforts in many states.