Makes
you wonder about that “are you pulling the wagon or riding in it” question:
Last
month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2011, between
food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other benefits, the
average US household below the poverty line received $168 a day in government
support.
What’s
the problem with that much support? Well, the median household income in
America is just over $50,000, which averages out to $137.13 a day.
To put it in a way working Americans can
understand, being on welfare now pays the equivalent of $30 an hour for a
40-hour week, while the average job pays $25 an hour. BUT NOTE - the
person who works also has to pay taxes, which drops his pay to $21 an hour.
It’s no wonder that welfare is now the biggest part of the Obama budget, more
than Social Security or defense. And why would anyone want to get off welfare
when working pays $9 an hour less?
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