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Work your way out of poverty." This is the message women on welfare are receiving today. The philosophy is to end government's role and let people take care of themselves.  

One way to limit government's role is by cutting welfare services. 1996 "welfare reform" tightened eligibility requirements, limited the number of years that individuals can receive welfare, and instituted work requirements. This shift to emphasizing work might be good. According to the new book, No Shame in My Game by Katherine Newman, poor people prefer working for low wages to being on welfare. High value is accorded the Protestant …

We know women earn 74 cents for every dollar men earn, but why? 

Start with the reality that 80 percent of U.S. workers do routine production or service work, like answering phones or selling clothes, and their paychecks have shrunk. The other 20 percent of workers use advanced technology or make decisions about money, like engineers or stockbrokers, and their pay has increased. Yes, most women are in the first category.  

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