REALITY TODAY for our FAR LEFT PROGRESSIVES REGARDING WELFARE.

Several of my far left Progressive friends stand in disbelief about how well they care for those they consider inferior.

Julia’s mother: Why a single mom is better off with a $29,000 job and welfare than taking a $69,000 job
James Pethokoukis | July 12, 2012, 11:09 am




The U.S. welfare system sure creates some crazy disincentives to working your way up the ladder. Benefits stacked upon benefits can mean it is financially better, at least in the short term, to stay at a lower-paying jobs rather than taking a higher paying job and losing those benefits. This is called the “welfare cliff.”

Let’s take the example of a single mom with two kids, 1 and 4. She has a $29,000 a year job, putting the kids in daycare during the day while she works.

As the above chart  – via Gary Alexander, Pennsylvania’s secretary of Public Welfare — shows, the single mom is better off earning gross income of $29,000 with $57,327 in net income and benefits than to earn gross income of $69,000 with net income & benefits of $57,045.

It would sure be tempting for that mom to keep the status quo rather than take the new job, even though the new position might lead to further career advancement and a higher standard of living. I guess this is something the Obama White House forgot to mention in its “Life of Julia” cartoons extolling government assistance.

http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/07/julias-mother-why-a-single-mom-is-better-off-on-welfare-than-taking-a-69000-a-year-job/

benefits can mean it is financially better, at least in the short term, to stay at a lower-paying jobs rather than taking a higher paying job and losing those benefits. This is called the “welfare cliff.”

Agreed, but tell me what happened in the 90s on welfare reform......and why the short term is so important to grasp.

2seaoat wrote: benefits can mean it is financially better, at least in the short term, to stay at a lower-paying jobs rather than taking a higher paying job and losing those benefits. This is called the “welfare cliff.”

Agreed, but tell me what happened in the 90s on welfare reform......and why the short term is so important to grasp.

As you well know, the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, which was part of the Contract with America developed and vetoed twice by President William Jefferson Clinton.  He finally signed it when it became obvious his veto would be overridden by congress.

That led to millions of people coming OFF the welfare, tax recipient rolls and onto the tax payer rolls.  It also restored their self esteem, pride and very souls.  That also led to the near surplus' we had in the annual budget. 

As you well know too, the Trillion Dollar Stimulus did away with the Welfare Reform Act.  Gee...that's worked great hasn't it?