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Matt Walsh

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The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

And we'll put that up on the screen.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

In scenario A, the mother is making minimum wage, $1,375 an hour.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

In scenario B, the mother is making $110,000 a year at her job.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

And in this comparison, after welfare benefits are paid out, including SNAP, child care assistance, Section 8 assistance, Medicaid, child tax credit, the woman with the minimum wage job ends up taking home $99,368 a year.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

But the woman with the actual job

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

paying $110,000 a year, net's only $99,344.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

That's less than the woman with a minimum wage job.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

The woman with the high-paying job doesn't qualify for a premium tax credit or earned income credit or SNAP or Medicaid or Section 8.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

She has to pay a lot more income tax.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

So this is the system that

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

Democrats created, with a lot of help from Republicans, they've created a gigantic incentive for poor people to steal taxpayer money, and even for people who are not poor to steal taxpayer money.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

According to the Congressional Budget Office, quote, for someone earning just below the poverty line, the effective marginal tax rate can jump from 14% to 34% or higher when they cross certain income thresholds.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

So it's best to stay below the income threshold.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

And at the end of the day, you have more money than the honest worker earning $110,000 a year.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

But keep this in mind the next time you hear about the expansion of any welfare program in any context.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

This is where it leads in every single case.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

The only solution, what Nixon should have done, is to abolish all of it.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

The only people who should receive government assistance to buy food are people who are about to starve to death

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

as demonstrated by a regular weigh-in.

The Matt Walsh Show
I Did A Deep Dive Into Our Welfare System, And It's WORSE Than I Thought

And that will end up being zero people.