Study: Welfare pays more than minimum wage in most states | Fox News
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, according to a new study by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute.
Among the other findings is that welfare in 13 states pays more than $15 an hour, compared with the federal hourly minimum wage of $7.25.
The disparity was even higher in nine states in which welfare pays more than the average first-year teachers salary and in the six most-generous states, which pay more than the entry-level salary for a computer programmer.The 52-page study, titled The Work Versus Welfare Trade Off, points out a full package of welfare benefits often exceeds take-home pay in part because benefits are tax-free.
AH, life in Obama world , what a Country .
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, according to a new study by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute.
Among the other findings is that welfare in 13 states pays more than $15 an hour, compared with the federal hourly minimum wage of $7.25.
The disparity was even higher in nine states in which welfare pays more than the average first-year teachers salary and in the six most-generous states, which pay more than the entry-level salary for a computer programmer.The 52-page study, titled The Work Versus Welfare Trade Off, points out a full package of welfare benefits often exceeds take-home pay in part because benefits are tax-free.
AH, life in Obama world , what a Country .
