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Read this: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-07/when-work-punished-ongoing-tragedy-americas-welfare-state http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-07/when-work

Read this: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-07/when-work-punished-ongoing-tragedy-americas-welfare-state http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-07/when-work-punished-... Short version: USA welfare benefits are very generous until you earn about $12/hr, peaking at a total income approaching $80k/yr. Above that point of earned income, welfare is rapidly cut off, plunging total income until earned reaches $38/hr. It's stupid and few realize how broken the very generous system is.

rtpg 11y ago
Technically, that's how it works in Cook County. I imagine the situation is different places It's so annoying that the system works like this. It takes all of 5 minutes to realize that these should be sliding scales. I bet making these sliding in a revenue neutral way would make a great talking point for the upcoming presidential elections