Fwd: 1998-05-27 Department of Labor Welfare to Work Competitive Grants

[Brad De Long]

>                            THE WHITE HOUSE
>
>                    Office of the Press Secretary
>________________________________________________________________________
>For Immediate Release                                       May 27, 1998
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>
>                        U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
>                    WELFARE TO WORK COMPETITIVE GRANTS
>                              MAY 27, 1998
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>     Today, the President will announce the first round of competitive
>grants from the $3 billion Welfare-to-Work program he fought for in the
>Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

$3 billion divided by a population of 36 million below the poverty line
amounts to $80 per person.

Excuse me while I go be sick...

Brad DeLong