The benefits that I have seen people receive generally were not enough to be the kind of reward that might say to a person, I don't really need to go out and seek work as assiduously as someone thinks because I am receiving a benefit that is rather minimal.
Davis believes welfare benefits are too low to discourage job seeking.
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