States are to disburse the money as they see fit to welfare recipients. ... "Currently, only about 50% (fifty percent) of the federal block grant money is used for cash disbursements. ... Being employed will help the welfare-to-work recipients, as well as our economy; hence, less money paid out to the TANF program, over time, may mean fewer taxes to be paid by taxpayers. ... From the time when the welfare reform was adopted and benefits were cut, states now do not receive an adequate amount of money to use for job training and educational purposes. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Act 3 Scene 4, when Kent asks Lear to enter the hovel, Lear replies that he can not feel the storm, his senses is block out by his mind: "the tempest in my mind doth from my senses take all feeling else save what beats there-filial ingratitude"(3.4.12-14). ...

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One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless."" As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To my amazement the gentleman declined my charity. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate