Data from a Congressional Research
Service report reveals that the amount the government spends on
welfare per family below the poverty line exceeds the median earned
income. The median for earned income in the United States is about
$50,000 per year. The amount spent per family on welfare exceeds
$60,000 per year. Assuming a 40-hour work week, welfare equates to an
after-tax wage of over $30 per hour.
Congressional Democrats used these
figures to make the case against prospective cuts to the government's
entitlement spending. “The GOP's notion that we ought to be pushing
people to get jobs is completely refuted by these numbers,” House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) contended. “Any person who
can qualify for welfare payments would be harming her family by
leaving the shelter of government benefits for the uncertainties of
the marketplace.”
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