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Your logic is not sound, you say welfare is not so much, but if the job doesn't pay enough and you choose to stay on welfare is because it has more money than the job/raise.

There are cases where welfare will double your income, it's a lot of money for free.

Anyways, I was comparing to Brazil, where the assistance is very low, and you are way better off with a job.

Yet the propaganda there is that the US is terrible for the poor.

Google welfare cliff and you'll see people getting thousands of dollars a month.

I've known people in the US that say they can't afford to get a raise.

And when I tell Brazilians that some Americas are better off without a raise they don't believe me.




I guess it depends on if you think low paying jobs in America are enough to live on without welfare support. If the jobs just paid more then your last paragraph wouldn't be true and people would be happier to leave their welfare behind for a decent wage.




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