The only difference between this and the article, is that if you get a job, whatever you earn is deducted from your payments. What you described is a 100% marg

The only difference between this and the article, is that if you get a job, whatever you earn is deducted from your payments. What you described is a 100% marginal income tax on your first $12,800 of income. We don't want people at the bottom end of the earnings ladder completely discouraged from trying to move up it.