Re:The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor
by massysett on Sunday October 25, 2015 @11:00AM
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We have that. It's called the earned income tax credit.
Re:The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor
by dragontamer on Sunday October 25, 2015 @01:44PM
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That needs to apply to _all_ government programs, like Food Stamps.
SNAP cuts off immediately once you grow above the monthly income. So if you get a raise, all of a sudden you lose all food stamp benefits.
There isn't just one welfare cliff to be solved: there are dozens. All of which need to be converted into something like the Earned Income Tax Credit (which more gradually weans people off of the Welfare as their income grows)
That's the welfare cliff, and it can be solved while keeping the overall welfare system in place.
It just means that we need to wean off welfare between 20k/year and 40k/year, to encourage people to work at higher paying jobs instead of penalizing people who work at higher paying jobs.
Everyone knows it is a problem, but Congress is too "busy" investigating Benghazi for years rather than hammering out a law that solves the welfare cliff.