"Obamanomics: Welfare Pays More Than Work In Most States "

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What of the one's that work?  Watch their pay check shrink time after time?  Working folks that find it harder and harder to make ends meet?  Who's looking out for them?

Incentives: A new study shows that in most states welfare programs pay more than a minimum-wage job, and in some states government aid can be more than the earnings from a regular, entry-level job.

Back in 1996, a Republican House led by Speaker Newt Gingrich, working with Democratic President Clinton, helped enact genuine welfare reform that included three main elements, the most important of which was the work requirement. Within five years of the law's implementation, stagnant welfare rolls were halved, employment among low-income Americans soared and child poverty rates plummeted.

Enter the Obama administration and the beginning of the "fundamental transformation" of America, with its emphasis on redistribution of, rather than the creation of, wealth. Once again, the poor were told they were poor because the rich had taken their money and had rigged the zero-sum game to their advantage. We were soon on our way to becoming a food-stamp nation.

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Why aren't the generational welfare families taking starter jobs?  Illegal aliens come and find work, and welfare.

What's wrong with a nation that rewards lazy and greedy people?

just my humble opinions