VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWalmart actually teaches their employees how to get food stampsdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWalmart actually teaches their employees how to get food stampsdiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square72linkfedilink
minus-squarevividspecter@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYep, these effects are called welfare traps. It’s why benefits shouldn’t have hard thresholds, but instead taper off gradually as income increases. Although in the case of health care, it should obviously be universal in the same way that every other developed country implements it.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, the better solution is for everyone to get benefits with no taper. That way there’s never any trap and no one has to worry about covering essentials.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoGive everyone… ghasp, socialism!
Yep, these effects are called welfare traps. It’s why benefits shouldn’t have hard thresholds, but instead taper off gradually as income increases.
Although in the case of health care, it should obviously be universal in the same way that every other developed country implements it.
I mean, the better solution is for everyone to get benefits with no taper. That way there’s never any trap and no one has to worry about covering essentials.
Give everyone… ghasp, socialism!
Slavery. It’s slavery.