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ORIGINAL: NeedToUseYou

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ORIGINAL: ArtCatDom

NTYU,

I wrote them and asked from which citation they derived the information regarding cash assistance and education filling work requirements in New York State. I can tell you as a resident of New York State, that in no less than three counties that this is simply not true. In one county, they count student aid as income. In the other two I am aware of people's experiences in, school hours were rejected as work hours. Regulations or laws that aren't used, hardly can be said to have an impact.

I also asked them to clarfy this discrepency:

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Since 1996, 49 states, with the sole exception of Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia have passed legislation and/or taken administrative actions to allow postsecondary education to count as a work activity under TANF (Center for Women Policy Studies, 2002). Since 1996, 49 states, with the sole exception of Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia have passed legislation and/or taken administrative actions to allow postsecondary education to count as a work activity under TANF (Center for Women Policy Studies, 2002).

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Nineteen states and the District of Columbia allow postsecondary education to count as work for longer than 24 months -- Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Georgia is the only state that allows recipients to enroll in graduate programs.

And I also asked for the source citation of their claim about child care and transportation, as in at least New York State this is misleading, at best, since here you are required to fulfill work requirements to receive child care assistance. Also, transportation assistance in New York is almost practically nonexistant.

This source seems riddled with assertions contrary to realities on the ground. However, I'll withhold complete judgement until they get back to me about the relevent citations.

-weary

hmmm, well,  man, I'll tell you just take my word on it, she went to college on public aid in Illinois. I'm to tired to find a better source. LOL. It took about a half an hour to hunt that one down.  I don't know what law, loophole, that allowed it but it occured.

Good luck

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It certainly has not lost that much value by measure of inflation alone.

What currency exchange are you using as the basis for this assertion?

-weary

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ORIGINAL: ArtCatDom

Get your facts straight and come back to the table. Compared to introduction price, there's been about a 8.5% devaluation of the dollar using current price compared to introductury price.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Against_other_major_currencies

-weary

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Not only that.... but if your dealing in fiat currency, like the dollar, it's depreciated {On purpose} between thirty-eight and forty-five percent in the last seven-year span of the Bush presidency. So you better have a hellva good hedge if you just wanna break even