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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (128228)7/29/2005 10:38:20 AM
From: neolib  Read Replies (2) of 793914
 

That is just plain wrong. The presence of a government safety net makes it likely to be abused. The solution is to abolish the welfare system. Would that be acceptable? Otherwise we must live with the distortions caused by it and attempt to correct the problems we encounter.

Why just focus on the safety net? The problem is that the workers cannot earn enough to pay for the cost of their families within our society. They must either work more hours/day, get paid more $/hr, or have lower living expenses. BTW, in this case due to higher family size, one of the biggest "subsides" is actually education. Were I live, it costs an average of about $6K/yr for K-12 education. With 4 kids, that is 24K/yr. The two parents earn at best about $25K/yr assuming reasonably constant employment for both, which is by no means certain for them.

So the Ag community imports labor willing to work at minimum wage, then the county increases the tax rate on the entire community to pay for the increased educational costs the community must bare. Yet most farmers would scream bloody murder at the though of raising minimum wage and will maintain they themselves deplore welfare. The dynamics at play in this situation very nicely highlight ideological lines that Dems & Reps posture over. "Living wage", and "welfare state". But who is getting the welfare?
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