On the recordMay 4, 1994
When you add to it the other benefits, it is certainly above minimum wage. Minimum wage in this country is only about $8,800 a year. Now we are competing and having the people on welfare getting a total package without housing of $12,000 a year. Where is the incentive to go to work when you can go to work and get a reduction? That is the problem with the system. That is why welfare is not working in this country today, as you, much to our surprise, in your opening statement said, that the welfare system is sick and must be corrected. Our position is that it is a disincentive to work, it is a disincentive to independent self-empowerment, to maintaining control over their lives today.
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