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There certainly do exist people that face a negative return to marginal work, due to the phase out of public assistance with income. I'm not really sure what "
by jacoblyles 14y ago
There certainly do exist people that face a negative return to marginal work, due to the phase out of public assistance with income.
I'm not really sure what "welfare queen" means, but there are plenty of people that face strong incentives to stay on public assistance and little help to get off of it. I wouldn't necessarily place all the blame on them, though.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoThere certainly do exist people that face a negative return to marginal work, due to the phase out of public assistance with income. This is largely because either their state-government is incredibly stingy (see: Texas) or because their potential wages are incredibly low.