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> [“The irony is that only by a particularly narrow definition does a Walmart job get you off welfare - as a matter of policy, Walmart encourages its employees to apply for government benefits. Indeed, Walmart and other minimum wage workers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/the-irony-is-that-only-by-a-particularly-narrow-definition-does-a/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

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## More by Laura Briggs

> [“Although white women as a group lost the most in welfare reform, they got the one bone that's always been thrown to white working-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/although-white-women-as-a-group-lost-the-most-in-welfare-reform-they/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

> [“The primary reason that U.S. infant mortality is so high compared to other countries is that African Americans suffer a staggering rate. If Black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/the-primary-reason-that-u-s-infant-mortality-is-so-high-compared-to/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

> [“It is important to say that the explosion of immigrant nanny and household work was not an inevitable or even direct consequence of feminism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/it-is-important-to-say-that-the-explosion-of-immigrant-nanny-and/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

> [“Teen pregnancy is not in itself a problem, although it is a marker of a problem in a society where good jobs are distributed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/teen-pregnancy-is-not-in-itself-a-problem-although-it-is-a-marker-of/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

> [“The irony is that only by a particularly narrow definition does a Walmart job get you off welfare - as a matter of policy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/the-irony-is-that-only-by-a-particularly-narrow-definition-does-a/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

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