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by noobermin 2841 days ago
The article points out this is is a vanishingly small percentage:

>That is, among the poor, two in 100 are working-age adults disconnected from the labor market for unknown reasons. The nonworking poor person getting something for nothing is a lot like the cheat committing voter fraud: pariahs who loom far larger in the American imagination than in real life.

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But make fantastic deflection ammo for those who benefit heavily from the status quo.