• liv@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    They appear to have set it up that way on purpose.

    A single mother of one here is eligible for $399 a month in state assistance, and only if she has a net income of $456 a month or less.

    Utah doesn’t do more for those in need in part because a contingent of its lawmakers, the overwhelming majority of whom are Latter-day Saints themselves, assume the church is handling the poverty issue; they also are loath to raise taxes to do the state’s share, a review of Utah’s legislative history demonstrates.

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      1 year ago

      us$10k/year

      I doubt there is anywhere in the US where that is an adequate amount to pay for food and shelter. That is monstrous.