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2016 Postmortem

quaker bill

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7. no

Reply to Liberal Insights (Original post)

Sun May 15, 2016, 05:48 AM

May 2016

most benefits "go away" at the rate of $1.00 loss for each $2.00 to $3.00 to as much as $4.00 of income you make above a threshold. In short, more money earned is always more money in your pocket. This is really a quite intentional feature in the set up of these programs. The goal is to incentivize earning more money on your own, so they set up the benefits so that they gradually decline as you make more money, so that earning more always means you have more.

Been there, done that.

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Will the poor LOSE benefits, if the Minimum Wage is raised dramatically? [View all] Liberal Insights May 2016 OP

Offs pay people a living wage and they won't need as much assistance if at all. onecaliberal May 2016 #1

That's so preposterous you may need another exclamation point. Vote2016 May 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #3

Another odd side effect (this isn't an argument against $15 minimum wage) Dem2 May 2016 #4

Yes and oh well. Those people will always be with us. Hortensis May 2016 #9

Who wants to raise it dramatically? Duckhunter935 May 2016 #5

You friend does not know what they are talking about Ash_F May 2016 #6

no quaker bill May 2016 #7

That makes no sense. Vinca May 2016 #8

Um, that's the "getting rid of corporate welfare" bit... Barack_America May 2016 #10

Predatory Capitalism needs a sprinkle of Socialism to keep it in check. B Calm May 2016 #11

Have any of the respondents above BEEN on welfare? Liberal Insights May 2016 #12

Please review the OP & my #12 follow-up, because Liberal Insights May 2016 #13

Should the min wage be lowered so more people get more benefits? EndElectoral May 2016 #14

Yes. Which will lead us to a real 21st century solution to this problem - guaranteed minimum income. reformist2 May 2016 #15