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Too costly
BY the time it was over, the state spent $24 million on a car-leasing program intended to provide welfare recipients with a way to work. But only 2,230 people out of the 2,900 who received cars ended up with permanent titles to the vehicles. That works out to more than $10,000 per title, and the cars were worth only about $2,300.
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Too costly
BY the time it was over, the state spent $24 million on a car-leasing program intended to provide welfare recipients with a way to work. But only 2,230 people out of the 2,900 who received cars ended up with permanent titles to the vehicles. That works out to more than $10,000 per title, and the cars were worth only about $2,300.
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