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COMMENTARY

Government can’t punish the poor out of West Virginians

BY: - August 17, 2023

If punishment were a successful deterrent to poverty, there would be no poor people in West Virginia.  And yet, policymakers continue to cling to the notion they can punish the poor out of people rather than providing the kind of support that will actually lift people out of poverty.   Rather than providing low-barrier housing, we […]