Implies that no one on welfare is capable of getting a job above minimum wage, and doesn't acknowledge the need of more money for people with families.
Which 7 states are they, and what is the average hourly wage there? What is the cost of living?
What is the average pay for teachers in each of those 9 states, and how does it compare to what a person can make on welfare?
I encourage you not to blindly copy and paste info compiled for you by the CATO Institute and try to understand what the numbers mean in context.
BTW, it's a shame that people are against food and nutrition programs and unemployment insurance. It's a good thing most of us aren't.
Well, lets see, those states 7 states and those 9 states are probably in the 10 states listed at the bottom of the page, since it says they are the states with the 10 highest hourly wage equivelants. Just a guess.
Some of us are not against those programs, if the programs are reasonable, but really, over $1 Trillion dollars a year for welfare programs? That is really sad considering that the same government was only willing to spend $132.2 billion taking care of veterans
Our Products - VA Office of Budget (this is the VA's total budget for 2012, hospitals, benefits and disability payments). And unlike welfare, vets don't get a choice in providers for this care and only receive free care at VA hospitals for service related disabilities, all other care they have to pay for, depending on disability rating. A Rating above a certain percentage will get you all free care (but only at the VA Hospital, not at a provider of choice). Retired Vets get Tri-Care for life, but have to pay to cover any dependents and there is a co-pay for visits and medications. Also, Obama wants to change the benefit and raise premiums and co-pay costs. After 22 years, 8 months of service, my take home retirement pay is still less than $2000 a month. And that pay does not get adjusted for where we live, like welfare does, but, there is some adjustment for dependents however, like welfare adjusts for dependents.
So, we pay more than a $1 Trillion a year on welfare and only a little over 10% of that much taking care of veterans, want take a real good guess on which ones contribute and have contributed more to this country? Tell you what, when we start taking better care of our veterans than we do welfare recipients, then come tell me I am taking it "out of context", until then, it's all BS to me.