Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The Work vs. Welfare Trade-off
In 1995, the Cato Institute published a groundbreaking study, The Work vs. Welfare Trade-off, which estimated the value of the full package of welfare benefits available to a typical recipient in each of the 50 states. Not only did the value of such benefits greatly exceed the poverty level but, because welfare benefits are tax-free, their dollar value was greater than the amount of take-home income a worker would receive from an entry-level job. Welfare benefits continue to outpace the income that most recipients can expect to earn from an entry-level job, and the balance between welfare and work may actually have grown worse in recent years.
This article is pretty much the same as my last one. A study was done and they concluded that a person is better off as a welfare recipient than actually working at an entry level job. This is not the purpose of welfare, it's to help families in need pay for necessities and not give someone more money than they would actually make working for a living. There are many things that could be done to reduce the national debt, but trimming welfare checks would certainly help this country.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Study: Welfare pays more than minimum wage in most states
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/21/study-in-most-states-welfare-pays-more-than-minimum-wage-job/
Welfare pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, creating little incentive for Americans to take entry-level work and likely increasing their long-term dependency on government help. The Clinton administration, with bipartisan support from Congress, passed landmark welfare reform legislation that was supposed to move Americans away from entitlements and into the workforce. However, “welfare benefits continue to outpace the income that most recipients can expect to earn from an entry-level job,” the study authors said. “And the balance between welfare and work may actually have grown worse in recent years.”
This is clearly a huge problem in America. There's nothing wrong with a little help from the government so people can squeeze by, but when welfare benefits continue to outpace an entry level job income, that's when the government needs to put their foot down. Why would anyone be willing to work at an entry level job for less money than what you could collect sitting at home? Like it said in the article, there's very little incentive to work. This is killing America's work ethic.
Welfare pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, creating little incentive for Americans to take entry-level work and likely increasing their long-term dependency on government help. The Clinton administration, with bipartisan support from Congress, passed landmark welfare reform legislation that was supposed to move Americans away from entitlements and into the workforce. However, “welfare benefits continue to outpace the income that most recipients can expect to earn from an entry-level job,” the study authors said. “And the balance between welfare and work may actually have grown worse in recent years.”
This is clearly a huge problem in America. There's nothing wrong with a little help from the government so people can squeeze by, but when welfare benefits continue to outpace an entry level job income, that's when the government needs to put their foot down. Why would anyone be willing to work at an entry level job for less money than what you could collect sitting at home? Like it said in the article, there's very little incentive to work. This is killing America's work ethic.
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