Why is income from earned work essential for many poor families to support themselves?

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Only 20 percent of poor families receive cash public-assistance income, although others receive such government assistance as unemployment benefits, Social Security payments, disability assistance, government pensions, and the like. Thirty percent of all poor families receive no noncash benefits, such as food stamps or Medicaid, from the government. So, income earned from work is essential for many poor families to support themselves.

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