Mass. Welfare pays more then most households make working

[RACER X]

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"Massachusetts pays its welfare recipients what would amount an pre-tax wage of more than $24 an hour, and ranks third in the nation in terms of dollars doled out per welfare collector, according to a new study released by the Cato Institute.
The libertarian think tank based in Washington D.C., estimates the total value of the state’s “typical” welfare package — which can include cash, food, housing and medical assistance — if it were taxable income, at $50,540, more than most entry-level wages. The report said that creates an incentive to remain on government assistance.
“Still, it is undeniable that for many recipients – especially long-term dependents – welfare pays more than the type of entry-level job that a typical welfare recipient can expect to find,” the study says. “As long as this is true, many recipients are likely to choose welfare over work.”
The Bay State gave $42,515 worth of welfare to the “typical recipient” in 2013, only behind Washington D.C., at $43,099 and Hawaii at $49,175, the study says, adding that the pre-tax value of a total Massachusetts benefits package if it were an earned salary would be $50,540.
A spokesman for the state’s Department of Transitional Assistance could not immediately be reached for comment.
Read the study: The Work versus Welfare Trade-Off: 2013
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[kyletxria1911a1]

Shit they make more than i do. But i aint movin though

 

[Brains]

That is such an obvious problem, it baffles me why our "elected officials" would choose to keep pushing it. Of course, the answer is they're merely buying votes with someone else's (our) money.

 

[TX69]

We should ship our welfare rats there

 

[85mackey]

Where do I sign up? I barely made half of that last year, and I'm busting my ass everyday.

 

[TheDan]

I'm not sure I could stand living in Massachusetts even if I didn't have to work

 

[Ole Cowboy]

I have a copy of the Report done by the CATO Institute. What the papers and the news are reporting is well, just page 1 of the story. Page 2, as Paul Harvey used to say tells us more, far more. While you would have to make as much as $60,000 per year to equal the welfare package that number is for a single recipient. Thru what is called 'stacking' where one qualifies then adds in kids and other family such as grandparents (no, not kidding) you can bring the amount up into the $100,000 range as a total package, you would have to be making about $150,000 to equal, perhaps more.

Total costs for federal Pay to not work programs runs about $1 Trillion annually and this does not include the costs to manage the programs, which runs into the 100's of billions....

 

[mosin]

I saw some breakdown of benefits that a single woman with two kids making a 15-20k per year will after benefits have more disposable income than a two parent home with two kids making close to 100k

 

[bryonbush]

not really sure what to say.... FUBAR

 

[IXLR8]

Surely it will all implode someday. Perhaps if they only allowed welfare payments in say South Dakota, where the equivalent cost of living is only $25K. The government could pay for relocation and still save nearly 50%. There would be sufficient incentive to try and earn a living wage anywhere else....
Massachusetts residents will eventually get tired of paying for the social welfare programs and move elsewhere. It is happening all over the world.