Even After "Welfare Reform," In Many States, the Dole Pays Better Than Honest Work

Great post by J.D. Tuccille of Reason. Click here to read it. Here is the intro

"Weren't we all told that welfare had been abolished back in the 1990s, and that now we live in a brand new world of personal responsibility? I could have sworn I heard something about that. As it turns out, though, the dole was rebranded, repackaged, and at least in some states, made more generous. A new report from the Cato Institute's Michael D. Tanner and Charles Hughes says that welfare benefits remain more generous than minimum-wage jobs in 35 states."