21. In fact, women receiving welfare perceive having additional children as making their situation worse. 22. In most cases, the new law requires a person receiving welfare to work within two years and imposes a five year lifetime limit on assistance. 23. It will allow people to receive welfare for six years over a lifetime, not five. 24. It would prohibit unwed teen-age mothers and their children from receiving welfare. 25. Many more people work than receive welfare. 26. Members of Congress receive taxpayer welfare for their own housing in the Washington, D.C. area, but they cut funding for low-income housing. 27. New York officials said they did know how many immigrants receive welfare in the state, but the number is apparently far larger than the number in New Jersey. 28. No family could receive welfare for more than five years. 29. Once recipients reach their limits, there is a five-year waiting period before they can receive welfare again. 30. Since Ms. Williams receives welfare through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, the children are covered by Medicaid. |