You can sit at home in Alabama and not work and draw $23,310.00 from welfare benefits!!! That is $11.21 per hour for a 40 hour week. In Alabama welfare benefits pay $1.11 more than Obama's minimum wage of $10.10. Why work????
Read this carefully
The Cato Institute is a well known & respected conservative "Think Tank".
They released a study showing that welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Even worse, welfare pays more than $15 per hour in 13 states.
According to the study, welfare benefits have increased faster than minimum wage. It's now more profitable to sit at home than it is to earn an honest day's pay.
Hawaii is the biggest offender, where welfare recipients earn $29.13 per hour, or a $60,590 yearly salary, all for doing nothing.
Here is the list of the states where the pre-tax equivalent "salary" that welfare recipients receive is higher than having a job:
1. Hawaii : $60,590
2. District of Columbia : $50,820
3. Massachusetts : $50,540
4. Connecticut : $44,370
5. New York : $43,700
6. New Jersey : $43,450
7. Rhode Island : $43,330
8. Vermont : $42,350
9. New Hampshire : $39,750
10.Maryland: $38,160
11.California: $37,160
12.Oregon: $34,300
13.Wyoming: $32,620
14.Nevada: $29,820
15.Minnesota: $29,350
16.Delaware: $29,220
17.Washington: $28,840
18.North Dakota: $28,830
19.Pennsylvania: $28,670
20.New Mexico : $27,900
21.Montana: $26,930
22. South Dakota : $26,610
23.Kansas: $26,490
24.Michigan: $26,430
25.Alaska: $26,400
26.Ohio: $26,200
27.North Carolina : $25,760
28.West Virginia : $24,900
29.Alabama: $23,310 . . . . . equivalent of $11.21 per hour @ 40 hour week per year!
30.Indiana: $22,900
31.Missouri: $22,800
32.Oklahoma: $22,480
33.Louisiana: $22,250
34.South Carolina : $21,910
Now do you think we should reform welfare?
Why not share this info with your registered voter responsible friends!
The November VOTE is not far away!
If numbers from Cato Institute are right. Why work???
No wonder "unemployment" is so high. Obama and the 'Dems' are creating lots of dependent 'Democratic' voters by giving away your tax dollars! What this country needs are jobs!!!!!
Comments
Yep, my S.S.D. increased a whole $14.00 a year. Don't ever get hurt on the job. I know accidents occur like what happened to me and I thought I was being careful. My lifestyle has gone down the tubes. But I also don't get rent help or food stamps.
I see the same thing and note that the AARP, a seniors support group would rather support abortion than the seniors! Now I hear that food stamps went up by about 13% and my SSI increase was only less than two percent because I worked and contributed to it! See how we need to be aware of organizations like the AARP? There are others now that have honor. Oh, for supporting Obama they got 10 billion!