Baron Von PWN wrote:
No it doesen't. That's the cost of administring the dole. Not how much the dole actualy is.
You see the welfare cliffs here?-
Tell me, what incentive does a single mother making $28K a year have to go out and get a better job paying $69K year when she'd be losing money because she'd no longer be eligible for benefits?
It's called a poverty trap and is one of the biggest legitimate criticisms about the US welfare program.
You could just say tax the $69K a year earner less, but that just exacerbates the cost of welfare in a universe where the government is borrowing 46 cents of every dollar it is spending. There is no easy fix. Poor people need help, but how is that help to be delivered? By stealing from the future earnings of future workers?
Because, that's effectively what we are doing.
metsfan wrote:It's a pity that there's no information about what programs are included in the numbers
Yes there is. The actual report is online. You just need to google it. These are the programs checked-
There is also available online the entire Congressional testimony done recently of all the welfare numbers, which is what spurred all this in the first place.
A list of all 83 federal welfare programs examined by CRS follows:
ļ· Family Planning
ļ· Consolidated Health Centers
ļ· Transitional Cash and Medical Services
for Refugees
ļ· State Childrenās Health Insurance
Program (CHIP)
ļ· Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug
BenefitāLow-Income Subsidy
ļ· Medicaid
ļ· Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
ļ· Breast/Cervical Cancer Early Detection
ļ· Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
ļ· Indian Health Service
ļ· Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) (cash aid)
ļ· Supplemental Security Income
ļ· Additional Child Tax Credit
ļ· Earned Income Tax Credit (refundable
component)
ļ· Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP)
ļ· School Breakfast Program (free/reduced
price components)
ļ· National School Lunch Program
(free/reduced price components)
ļ· Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
ļ· Child and Adult Care Food Program
(lower income components)
ļ· Summer Food Service Program
ļ· Commodity Supplemental
ļ· Food Program Nutrition Assistance for
Puerto Rico
ļ· The Emergency Food Assistance
Program (TEFAP)
ļ· Nutrition Program for the Elderly
ļ· Indian Education
ļ· Adult Basic Education Grants to States
ļ· Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant
ļ· Education for the Disadvantagedā
Grants to Local Educational Agencies
(Title I-A)
ļ· Title I Migrant Education Program
ļ· Higher EducationāInstitutional Aid and
Developing Institutions
ļ· Federal Work-Study
ļ· Federal TRIO Programs
ļ· Federal Pell Grants
ļ· Education for Homeless Children and
Youth
ļ· 21st Century Community Learning
Centers
ļ· Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness
for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP)ļ· Reading First and Early Reading First
ļ· Rural Education Achievement Program
ļ· Mathematics and Science Partnerships
ļ· Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
ļ· Academic Competitiveness and Smart
Grant Program
ļ· Single-Family Rural Housing Loans
ļ· Rural Rental Assistance Program
ļ· Water and Waste Disposal for Rural
Communities
ļ· Public Works and Economic
Development
ļ· Supportive Housing for the Elderly
ļ· Supportive Housing for Persons with
Disabilities
ļ· Section 8 Project-Based Rental
Assistance
ļ· Community Development Block Grants
ļ· Homeless Assistance Grants
ļ· Home Investment Partnerships Program
(HOME)
ļ· Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS (HOPWA)
ļ· Public Housing
ļ· Indian Housing Block Grants
ļ· Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
ļ· Neighborhood Stabilization Program-1
ļ· Grants to States for Low-Income
Housing in Lieu of Low-Income
Housing Credit Allocations
ļ· Tax Credit Assistance Program
ļ· Indian Human Services
ļ· Older Americans Act Grants for
Supportive Services and Senior Centers
ļ· Older Americans Act Family Caregiver
Program
ļ· Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) (social services)
ļ· Child Support Enforcement
ļ· Community Services Block Grant
ļ· Child Care and Development Fund
ļ· Head Start HHS
ļ· Developmental Disabilities Support and
Advocacy Grants
ļ· Foster Care
ļ· Adoption Assistance
ļ· Social Services Block Grant
ļ· Chafee Foster Care Independence
Program
ļ· Emergency Food and Shelter Program
ļ· Legal Services Corporation
ļ· Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) (employment and
training component)
ļ· Community Service Employment for
Older Americans
ļ· Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult
Activities
ļ· Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth
Activities
ļ· Social Services and Targeted Assistance
for Refugees
ļ· Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) (employment and
training)
ļ· Foster Grandparents
ļ· Job Corps
ļ· Weatherization Assistance Program
ļ· Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)