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Single Mothers Are Not America’s Real Welfare Queens
Conservatives like to claim that single women use subsidized handouts as a substitute for a husband—but they aren’t the ones who benefit most from government spending.
Amanda Marcotte
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Jan. 10 2014
5:45AM EST
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