ShortTimer
JBHThe whole post at ZeroHedge is worth reading, but this one graph from a Pennsylvania report on welfare’s failures is the short short version:
If you’re working, the line of actual income is red, the line of take-home income after taxes is in blue. The various other colors are other government handouts that contribute to actual take-home income.
There are many places along the chart, even at higher incomes, where not working is more profitable than working.
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