1.  And by having spent less over the years than better-off states, the poorer states will also collect less in the new matching federal block grants for cash assistance.

2.  Business leaders here also note that there are big differences between fast-growing southeastern states like Saxony and Thuringia and much poorer rural states in the northeast.

3.  But Food Stamps go disproportionately to poorer states, nearly equalizing benefits.

4.  Exacerbating economic tensions are continuing human rights abuses, particularly in poorer states such as Guerrero, Chiapas and Oaxaca.

5.  He suggests that in Russia and many of the poorer states, a drop in the size of the labor force will help.

6.  In poorer states, one child in five drops out of school before sixth grade, compared with fewer than one in ten in richer states.

7.  Others say spending should rebalance resources, with rich states essentially financing the economic needs of poorer states.

8.  Spain is fighting to maintain generous aid payments it receives from the EU even after the much poorer central European states join the EU.

9.  The current formula does provide that poorer states, many of them in the South, get a higher percentage of federal matching funds than high-income states.

10.  The law affects poorer states more harshly.