“This is what poverty sometimes looks like in America: parents here in Appalachian hill country pulling their children out of literacy classes. Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/9-billion-in-government-checks-result.html
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