There are many deterrents to going off the dole.
A small jump in income means the loss of a much higher value in benefits, so why risk a middle class lifestyle for one of genuine scratch by poverty?
Most starter jobs just do not pay enough to replace the bennies they reap, not by a longshot.
If the transitions were more gradational from dependence to self-reliance, perhaps more would want to work their way out, but with the jumps needed to replace lost benefits not likely in any economy, much less the one the US generally has, they will get what they can as long as they can.
This was at a time when a person could go to lunch from their office and have another job before they had to return. Those days are pretty much gone.
If the transitions were more gradational from dependence to self-reliance, perhaps more would want to work their way out, but with the jumps needed to replace lost benefits not likely in any economy, much less the one the US generally has, they will get what they can as long as they can.
Very true - and a lot of this is because big Suggar Daddy government (spending, regulations, taxes,bureaucracy and fear of more bad policy to come) has squeezed the real economy and killed investment in it.
America’s business climate is getting worse, while business climates in many parts abroad have gotten better and more competitive.
We’re in quite a fix.