Welfare Pays More than Minimum Wage in 35 States: Q&A with Cato's Michael Tanner
"There's no evidence to show [welfare recipients] are any lazier than the rest of us, but they also aren't dumber than the rest of us," Tanner explains. "If you offer them the same incentives that's what they will do."
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