Multiple Choice
Because the AFDC program reduced benefits by almost $1 for every $1 earned, a single parent of two small children requiring day care would have to
A) resort to crime just to make ends meet.
B) work fulltime earning at least one-half the minimum wage to be better off working than on welfare.
C) work fulltime earning at least the minimum wage to be better off working than on welfare.
D) work fulltime earning at least twice the minimum wage to be better off working than on welfare.
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