{"id":1779893,"date":"2022-12-19T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779893"},"modified":"2022-12-19T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:49:22","slug":"new-report-shows-how-much-it-pays-to-not-work-in-bidens-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-shows-how-much-it-pays-to-not-work-in-bidens-america\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Shows How Much It Pays to Not Work in Biden&#8217;s America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-report-shows-how-much-it-pays-to-not-work-in-bidens-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Most Americans believe, as we do, in a reliable government safety net in America, so that when people fall on tough times or lose their jobs, their families will not go hungry, lose their homes or suffer deprivation. But most Americans also believe that government assistance should be short-term and aimed at quickly getting people back on their feet, into a job and on the road to being financially self-sufficienct and a contributor to our economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/13\/team-bidens-extending-the-covid-emergency-again-to-expand-the-welfare-state\/\">Today\u2019s welfare programs<\/a> are failing to accomplish that goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that families earning half a million dollars a year can receive ObamaCare subsidies? Or that in some states, unemployment insurance benefits can be equivalent to a job with an annual pay of $100,000?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s shocking but true, and it might explain why so many businesses <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/02\/disturbing-rise-of-the-nilfs-men-not-in-the-labor-force\/\">can\u2019t get workers back on the job<\/a> almost three years after COVID-19 hit these shores. Today there are still at least 3 million fewer Americans working than there were in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Middle class last\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>There are many reasons for the worker shortage, but one is that in many states, welfare pays more than or nearly as much as respectable middle-class jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under presidents Barack Obama and Biden, many of the highly effective work requirements, which were instituted in the historic 1996 bipartisan welfare reforms, have been eviscerated. Often limits for public benefits have also disappeared while Congress and states have made benefits more generous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg\" alt=\"In some states families can earn over six figures annually in unemployment benefits.\" class=\"wp-image-25059445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=610 610w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=458 457w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=305 305w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=153 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_COVID_money.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 904w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>In some states families can earn over six figures annually in unemployment benefits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program (a\u2009k\u2009a food stamps), are means tested, so that only low-income people qualify for them. But other handouts are not \u2014 including unemployment insurance and ObamaCare subsidies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The value of these benefits can be staggering \u2014 much higher, in fact, than many blue-collar professions. In our new study with the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, we found the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 24 states, unemployment benefits and ObamaCare subsidies for a family of four with no one working are the annualized equivalent of at least the national median household.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A family making almost a quarter of a million dollars annually still qualifies for ObamaCare subsidies in every state.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u200aIn a dozen states, the value of unemployment benefits and Obama\u00adCare subsidies exceeds the salary and benefits of the average teacher, construction worker, electrician, firefighter, truck driver, machinist or retail associate.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u200aIn New Jersey, a family of four can receive benefits equal to an annualized earned income of $108,000 with no one working.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u200aIn Connecticut and New Jersey, a family earning $300,000 a year can receive ObamaCare subsidies\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u200aNew Jersey is a state where a family can earn the equivalent of $100,000 a year if both parents are collecting unemployment benefits and ObamaCare subsidies for health care. In Connecticut the benefits can reach $80,000.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be clear, unemployment insurance is at least time-limited to six months in most states. But while Americans are receiving those benefits, the financial incentive to jump into the job market is low.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, people move in and out of the unemployment system \u2014 working enough months until they again qualify for benefits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our numbers also don\u2019t include the rampant fraud payments that exceed $100 billion a year. This means families that are not technically eligible for food stamps or continued unemployment benefits are still receiving them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Dem donors profit\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>It is particularly troubling that these programs, which were purportedly put in place as a safety net for lower-income families, have been expanded to the point that their greatest benefits go to upper-income earners, including households earning half a million dollars in annual incomes in some states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s expansion of ObamaCare has been a handout to the wealthy donor class of the Democratic Party, while doing nothing to help those who are truly poor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_covid_money_box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/19_1n_covid_money_box.jpg\" alt=\"Unemployment insurance beneftis can reach up to six figures per year in New Jersey.\" class=\"wp-image-25059444\" width=\"357\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_covid_money_box.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=531 535w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_covid_money_box.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=354 357w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_covid_money_box.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=177 178w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19_1n_covid_money_box.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 600w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Unemployment insurance beneftis can reach up to six figures per year in New Jersey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The expansion of the welfare state has created situations where work often doesn\u2019t pay. In many states, working a $20-an-hour job for 40 hours a week would mean a reduction in income compared to two parents receiving their unemployment benefits and health-care subsidies. Until the unemployment runs out, there is very little incentive to go back to work, especially when the family is receiving more than their blue-collar counterparts who are on the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds like an exaggeration, consider that the median household\u2019s annual income and benefits are worth about $93,000. In New Jersey, unemployment benefits and ObamaCare subsidies alone are worth an annualized $122,000 \u2014 that\u2019s 30% more for not working in most occupations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Government dole\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>But even the median value of annualized state unemployment benefits and ObamaCare subsidies across the country is relatively high at $69,000. That\u2019s more than the income and benefits of the median firefighter, truck driver, machinist or retail associate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This also raises basic fairness questions. Is it fair that, in most states, a family can earn about as much as or even more than a construction worker, a security guard or a dental assistant?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We do not believe that these programs that discourage work are to the benefit of the families that receive the welfare program assistance. Most studies conclude that work is associated with happiness, more financial security over time and better health with a longer life expectancy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The whole idea of welfare \u2014 when many of these programs were started 50 years ago during the Great Society \u2014 was to get Americans back into the workforce. President Lyndon B. Johnson famously declared that \u201cthe day of the dole are numbered.\u201d In the 1990s, Congress aimed to \u201cend welfare as we know it.\u201d None of these goals has been achieved. In many ways welfare is more generous than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to achieve a just and productive society and make America a place that rewards work \u2014 not welfare. But the left has adopted a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/20\/democrats-push-for-guaranteed-income-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-working-people\/\">strategy of a \u201cnational guaranteed income\u201d for Americans<\/a> whether they work or not. The result is a record-low labor-force participation rate \u2014 meaning fewer Americans working and higher taxes for those who do work.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Americans believe, as we do, in a reliable government safety net in America, so that when people fall on tough times or lose their jobs, their families<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1779896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5374,3706,5458,7004,3819],"class_list":["post-1779893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-america","tag-bidens","tag-bongino","tag-pays","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1779896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}