13 states welfare pays more than $15 per hour

[Imyremeshaw]

http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/20/st...n-most-states/

Looking for a good paying job? Well, look no further.

No, really, stop looking. In 35 states, welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job, according to a new study by the libertarian Cato Institute, and in 13 states welfare pays more than $15 per hour.

“One of the single best ways to climb out of poverty is taking a job, but as long as welfare provides a better standard of living than an entry-level job, recipients will continue to choose it over work,” said Michael Tanner, senior policy analyst and co-author of the study.


The study is an updated version of one Tanner put out in 1995 that estimated the full value of welfare benefits packages across the states. The 1995 study found that such tax-free welfare benefits greatly exceeded the poverty level and “their dollar value was greater than the amount of take-home income a worker would receive from an entry-level job.”

Despite efforts to curb welfare spending, many welfare programs and benefits have continued to outpace the income that many workers can receive for working an entry-level job, which disincentivizes work, according to the study.

“The current welfare system provides such a high level of benefits that it acts as a disincentive for work,” reads the study. “Welfare currently pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, even after accounting for the Earned Income Tax Credit, and in 13 states it pays more than $15 per hour.”

According to the study, the federal government funds 126 separate programs designed to support low-income earners. Seventy-two of these programs provide cash or in-kind benefits to recipients. This is on top of additional welfare programs operated by state and local governments.

Welfare recipients in Hawaii get the most benefits, according to Tanner, at $29.13 per hour — or $60,590 pre-tax income annually. However, the state’s minimum wage is only $7.25 per hour, according to the Labor Department. Hawaiians on welfare also earn 167 percent of the median salary in the state, which is only $36,275.

The District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Connecticut have the next more generous welfare benefits.

D.C. welfare recipients can earn $24.43 per hour. In Massachusetts they can get $24.30 per hour. In Connecticut welfare recipients can receive $21.33 per hour.

“If Congress and state legislatures are serious about reducing welfare dependence and rewarding work, they should consider strengthening welfare work requirements, removing exemptions, and narrowing the definition of work,” says the study.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/20/study-welfare-pays-more-than-work-in-most-states/#ixzz2ccGsdCVX

 

[Groanman]

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To get through - know what I'm saying?
Because you can't just get by no more - word up -
You gotta get over - straight up and down



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[El Bombi]

libertarian Cato Institute



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[yoyoyo1]

The scariest thing is people's inability to interpret what is a real news source and what isn't.

Thus they are easily led to fortify what was their own uninformed opinion in the first place.

 

[Depreciating Asset]

Go on welfare brehs.

 

[Momentum]

That's excellent considering the #1 recipient are white women.

So what was your point here?

 

[Chris.B]

That's excellent considering the #1 recipient are white women.

So what was your point here?

Point is the frauds are ruining it.

We need to drug test and weed out all the bums who refuse to work but are perfectly healthy

 

[Momentum]

Point is the frauds are ruining it.

We need to drug test and weed out all the bums who refuse to work but are perfectly healthy

Drug test would not weed out any of the biggest welfare frauds and guess who that is? It's not blacks either.

 

[the cac mamba]

so is this true?

fukkin infuriating

 

[Chris.B]

Drug test would not weed out any of the biggest welfare frauds and guess who that is? It's not blacks either.

It did work for a host of European countries and Canada.

After drug testing them, the welfare rolls dropped by almost 50%.

 

[Trip]

Get fired

apply for unemployment

profit.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

This dude quoted "The Daily Caller" though

These stats aren't even compiled in a meaningful way. How did they arrive at $15/hour?

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

THE MAXIMUM PAYS THAT. YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ARE DETERMINED BY YOUR PAST WAGES. MISLEADING ARTICLE.

IF YOU MADE 10 DOLLARS AN HOUR YOU DON'T MAGICALLY GET 15 AFTER YOU GET UNEMPLOYMENT. EVEN IF YOU MADE 15 YOU WON'T GET 15. ONLY PEOPLE GETTING 15 WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WERE MAKING 23+. UNEMPLOYMENT IS MEANT TO COVER YOUR BILLS UNTIL YOU RECOVER.

IF YOU HAVE NO SAVINGS, YOUR CORE BUDGET/COMMITMENTS SHOULD BE NO HIGHER THAN YOUR APPROXIMATE INCOME IF YOU WERE TO FIND YOURSELF ON UNEMPLOYMENT. IF YOU'RE MAKING MORE THAN 23/HR YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SAVINGS TO FLOAT YOU UNTIL YOU CAN SHAKE COMMITMENTS OFF TO DOWNSIZE.

 

[JasonSJackson]

so is this true?

fukkin infuriating

even it is true (which i doubt), why would it infuriate you?

 

[TrifeGod]

dont think u can get fired at a fast food joint from not showing up
then apply for unemployment

and get a check that reflected a 15 dollar payrate

when u made 6.75