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To: neolib who wrote (5623)	1/12/2017 12:37:48 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 364880

Instead, they increasingly have turned to SS disability, Which is a government benefit. If they couldn't get that or other benefits they might be a bit more willing to take farming jobs, or more to the point any jobs. The benefits have a net effect of reducing the work force, most esp. the part of the work force with fewer skills or who are otherwise less able to provide a big return for their employer. Reducing supply of labor for these areas means a higher price for that labor unless demand also drops. A higher price for that labor means that the benefits are a cost to the employers not a subsidy. If you are asserting that the costs don't rise because demand drops, well then your arguing that the benefits reduce supply and demand, another name for that might be "shrink the economy", which is hardly a broad subsidy for employers.