- Eric wrote:
- Oh, will the bleeding heart liberals cry out in unison. Yessir, "We cannot let those unfortunate people (translate: voters) go cold and hungry."
The Baby Mommas can't work because there is nobody to watch their children or they are just plain lazy. The Baby Daddy's can't work because they are uneducated or have been convicted of felonies - or are just plain lazy.
Should there be a limit on how many kids a welfare recipient can have before benefits are stopped for additional kids? If a woman has a kid and goes on welfare should taxpayers keep handing her more and more money as she keeps dropping kids by multiple baby daddy's? Does the IRS hound the baby daddy's for reimbursement? The IRS will hound someone for not signing up for insurance they don't want or need but those who are a true burden to society get a pass.
Taxpayers have seen $3.7 TRILLION spent (wasted?) on welfare programs in the last 5 years. When is it ever going to be enough????
And why should they work?
"A new study by the CATO Institute, a public policy think tank, found that some welfare recipients make more “income” than those in the private sector.
A mother with two children in New York, for instance, is able to collect $38,004 per year in welfare handouts. This is greater than the starting salary of a teacher in the state.
And the problem is not limited to New York. CATO found that many states give handouts with sums greater than what workers earn in the private sector. According to the study, Hawaii is generally the most generous with benefits — there, a mother of two is eligible to earn $60,590 per year.
The study also pointed out the least generous states. A mother of two in Idaho, the state that came in dead last, is only eligible for $11,150 per year.
Perhaps most unsettling is the fact that in 33 states, welfare recipients make more than they would at an $8 per hour job. In fact, in 12 of those states, welfare recipients make more than they would at a $12 per hour job."
Read more: http://benswann.com/welfare-recipients-in-new-york-can-now-earn-more-than-teachers/#ixzz2pvOq00da
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