Add to that the EITC of $5036 for 2 kids and $5666 for 3.
$5k of free, tax free money.
My cousin and her husband make about $25k a year. Standard deductions for the 2 of them is $11,600. Personal exemptions for them and 2 kids are $3700 each or $14,800.
That means they pay no federal income tax.
They then get the EITC for 2 kids of $5036.
Their kids go to school. Public schools spend on average over $10k PER student PER year. That might be considered welfare.
How about school breakfast and lunch programs for the poor?
Free ER care. They can't refuse treatment and you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip.
Yes but... what is the cumulative value to a baby momma in pick a state, say floriduh, illinois, new york or soewhere.
Cato institute says about $25,000 a year equivalent job but for what a family or a baby momma with two kids, three, none? Let’s see if we can accurately quantify it. I’ve had hands tell me they could not afford to take a farm or ranch job for $15 per hour in one of the states Cato says is not very high on the welfare chain.
As for school, if you are receiving a benefit greater than the tax you pay then you are a welfare recipient... that counts.
Sounds like you could argue that the people who earn $25k a year working are getting at least:
$0 They pay NO tax whatsoever so whatever public benefits they get that aren’t paid for by sales taxes are SUBSIDIZED by taxpayers.
$5036 EITC
$9.8K x 2 = 19.6K edumacashun
$24,636 per year in direct or imputed income from the public as a MINIMUM.
“free” medical care, they can get what I would have to pay for. My insurance is at least $12,000 per year so now we have a total of $36,636 from the public in direct or imputed benefits.