• ZeffSyde@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    edit-2
    27 days ago

    Man, the couple years I qualified for $175 a month in food stamps was great. I still had plenty of things to worry about, but eating wasn’t one of them.

    Then I got promoted at work with a .25 cent raise and lost the benefits, effectively making me poorer than I had been previously.

    Still qualify for low income housing, though, which is nice.

    • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      26 days ago

      The thing about welfare cliffs is that both sides acknowledge them and want to solve them, but either side will fight to the death to prevent the other side from implementing their solution.

      • linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        26 days ago

        what sides are u talking about the capitalist dont wanna solve shit they want to destroy the system entirely.

        • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          26 days ago

          The capitalists want to solve the problem of people not being incentivized to work (or to work harder) because their increased income will decrease their welfare benefits. Capitalism’s solution, as you’ve said, is to destroy the system - remove the problem entirely by removing the benefits. But just because you don’t agree with that solution (I did say that “either side will fight to the death to prevent the other side from implementing their solution”) doesn’t mean they don’t see it as a problem to be solved.

        • tetris11@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          26 days ago

          there are levels, and there is intent, even if the end result seems to be the same