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Welfare payments supplemented wages by about 8% in 1960. That figure has risen to about 36% today, a 3.5x increase. Chart: http://www.mygovcost.org/wp-content
by hammock 5y ago
Welfare payments supplemented wages by about 8% in 1960.
That figure has risen to about 36% today, a 3.5x increase.
Chart: http://www.mygovcost.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/government-welfare-TrimTabs-2011-01-thumb-550x238-44146.png http://www.mygovcost.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/governme...
Source: http://www.mygovcost.org/2011/03/14/the-u-s-as-welfare-state-government-entitlements-now-35-of-wages/ http://www.mygovcost.org/2011/03/14/the-u-s-as-welfare-state... (the first random example I found on Google)
- _moof 5y agoThis chart includes Social Security and Medicare. I don't think it makes sense to include retirees in a data set when making an argument about "welfare."
- hammock 5y agoYou don't have to be retired to receive Social Security or Medicare. Anyway, do you have some alternate data to consider?
- _moof 5y agoYes, I'm aware, but that doesn't actually affect my objection. And no, I don't have any alternate data, and I don't feel it's my responsibility to come up with any. You're the one presenting this data set to make an argument; you do the work.