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I'm perfectly okay with paying him to stay home. He can't work and would only be a negative to an employer. I'm actually pretty pro-welfare. Frankly, it's a needed service and anyone that doesn't realize this is a fucking moron. Also, it's amazing how many people who hate welfare vocally are people who receive some sort of assistance - be it tax breaks, subsidies, or outright government handouts.

Some of the most vocal anti-welfare people I've met are people on welfare who think that they deserve it but other people don't.

I pay a whole lot of money for taxes. You don't even want to know how much I pay in taxes. If you saw my tax bill and were obligated to pay it, you'd shit a brick or string up to avoid the penalties of not paying. That's just for a year's worth of taxes.

And, you know what? I don't mind. I don't even really complain about it. I pay what I fucking owe and move on with life. If you raise my taxes, it will do exactly nothing to change my lifestyle. If anything, I should probably be paying more in taxes.

As someone who spends enough in taxes...

Actually, let's do some math...

SSI (or SSDI, I never know the difference between them) pays like $800 a month - or about $9600 a year.

I moved so much money last year that I alone paid (counting all my taxes) for more than 100 people to stay home and do nothing. In fact, a calculator tells me I paid almost exactly for 125 people to collect social security disability income. (My tax burden for 2021 was about $1.2 - 'cause I moved a fuckton of money, collecting my profits from investments to buy cars - not all of that gets to be written off, but that's far better than 30% or so that I'd otherwise pay.)

So, I think I get to have a fucking opinion... I dare say my opinion is more valid than the shitstains that barely pay taxes or pay less in taxes than I spend in a month.

And, frankly, I like welfare being available - even for the people who abuse it. I don't want those fuckers in the workforce. More importantly, I don't want them to be so needy that they commit more crimes to pay for food and rent. I want them to have chances to improve themselves and I don't begrudge them a penny.

We pay far less for welfare than we pay for subsidies for the rich. That shouldn't be true.

I'm perfectly okay with paying him to stay home. He can't work and would only be a negative to an employer. I'm actually pretty pro-welfare. Frankly, it's a needed service and anyone that doesn't realize this is a fucking moron. Also, it's amazing how many people who hate welfare vocally are people who receive some sort of assistance - be it tax breaks, subsidies, or outright government handouts. Some of the most vocal anti-welfare people I've met are people on welfare who think that they deserve it but other people don't. I pay a whole lot of money for taxes. You don't even want to know how much I pay in taxes. If you saw my tax bill and were obligated to pay it, you'd shit a brick or string up to avoid the penalties of not paying. That's just for a year's worth of taxes. And, you know what? I don't mind. I don't even really complain about it. I pay what I fucking owe and move on with life. If you raise my taxes, it will do exactly nothing to change my lifestyle. If anything, I should probably be paying more in taxes. As someone who spends enough in taxes... Actually, let's do some math... SSI (or SSDI, I never know the difference between them) pays like $800 a month - or about $9600 a year. I moved so much money last year that I alone paid (counting all my taxes) for more than 100 people to stay home and do nothing. In fact, a calculator tells me I paid almost exactly for 125 people to collect social security disability income. (My tax burden for 2021 was about $1.2 - 'cause I moved a fuckton of money, collecting my profits from investments to buy cars - not all of that gets to be written off, but that's far better than 30% or so that I'd otherwise pay.) So, I think I get to have a fucking opinion... I dare say my opinion is more valid than the shitstains that barely pay taxes or pay less in taxes than I spend in a month. And, frankly, I like welfare being available - even for the people who abuse it. I don't want those fuckers in the workforce. More importantly, I don't want them to be so needy that they commit more crimes to pay for food and rent. I want them to have chances to improve themselves and I don't begrudge them a penny. We pay far less for welfare than we pay for subsidies for the rich. That shouldn't be true.

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They get almost $1100 a month around here. They would be more of a burden on society if they were left to wither and die in the streets

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Ah, yeah, some states augment it. In Maine, the state chips in like ten bucks and calls it good. Literally, like 10 bucks. SSDi is ~800 by itself. California chips in the most, as memory serves. I recall someone mentioning it was like an extra double that amount.

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The cost of living is probably more than double in California than it is in Maine

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