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Originally Posted by Rochard
I think this is horrible. We cannot reward people for not trying.
I have a friend who has been disability for twenty years - both the US Army and the US Post Office. Oddly enough he can't work, but he can cut his own grass. Bullshit, he's milking the system. And if you offer up $22k for doing nothing, a lot more people will take advantage of it.
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The idea is that many people who are milking the system are getting more than $22K each year. Also, it would pay out even when you started working so you could earn more and in theory give you an incentive to work even more.
Here is the breakdown I found of one suggested way it could be paid out.
Personal Income Total Income Taxpayer Cost
0 22,000 22,000
5,000 24,500 19,500
10,000 27,000 17,000
15,000 29,500 14,500
22,000 33,000 11,000
30,000 37,000 7,000
40,000 42,000 2,000
44,000 44,000 0
My chart is all messed up so it is a little hard to read.
This way if you got a job working full time for minimum wage you would make around $15K per year before taxes. This system, instead of also giving you food stamps, child care help, housing help and other benefits would just give you another $14.5K so you would have an income level that allowed you to live better and it would cost the government less.