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Article: Being Poor In Affluent Montgomery County; 1 of every 23 residents.
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 22, 1987
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Unemployment in Montgomery County and similar nearby
jurisdictions hovers around the zilch mark; businesses all over the
area seem to have permanent "help wanted" signs in their windows.
Newspapers run page after page of employment ads. In the past year
the labor force in Montgomery County has grown 11 percent, despite
declining government hiring, and 70 percent of the new jobs are being
filled by women, who traditionally collect most of the welfare
checks.
And yet, we still have very substantial numbers of poor people
in our midst. Who and where are they, and what can be done to make
them self-supporting?
The federal government says a family of four making less than
$11,000 a year in ...