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white women was $5,700 nationwide. For elderly black women it was $3,900. The median income for elderly black men was $5,900. This compares with a median income of $12,387 for Americans aged 25 to 64.)
Many of the elderly depend on a variety of federal programs to maintain an adequate standard of living. Elderly Virginians have seen their Food Stamp benefits decline by seven percent ($4 million) under Reagan. Subsidized housing benefits were curtailed by almost a third ($3 million). Commodities for the Elderly program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been cut by 17 percent ($600,000).
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