And today that means collecting food stamps, medicaid, federal housing subsidies, SS disability which is easy to collect if you know the right avenues to pursue, and the more kids you have, the more WIC you get.
If you work a minimum wage job, you still qualify for food stamps, etc. Walmart, MCD, etc. that pay many workers minimum wage, actually cost the taxpayer more than they save them. New Walmart employees are paid $8.75 an hour which is a gross salary of $13,650 a year. The poverty level is $23,050 for a family of 4, so if they have kids, they qualify for all sorts of free federal programs despite both parents working.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml
So, if you have a husband and a wife both working full time, they barely make it, not counting day care if they have kids. Of course, they can get that free too if they qualify.
Taxpayers will pay no matter what as our system is set up. Until it is changed, it is the way it is.
So, if someone wants to try to become a taxpayer instead of a taker, then I say give 'em a chance. |
