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That doesn't seem like enough. Even things like unemployment benefits typically pay a lot more than that. You'd basically be robbing the very poorest to pay th
by rhino369 9y ago
That doesn't seem like enough. Even things like unemployment benefits typically pay a lot more than that.
You'd basically be robbing the very poorest to pay the lower half of the middle class. A lot of current welfare recipients are getting a lot more than 9k + 2k per kid.
Not sure I see the benefit in a scheme like that.
- rayiner 9y agoPart of the problem with welfare (and unemployment benefits) is that you have to prove you're looking for work, which means living in a place where $9k doesn't go too far. But that'd be enough to scrape by in say rural Georgia.