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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/05/budget-office-chief-obamacare-creates-disincentive-to-work/
The only issue I disagree with you on is that the "motivation" of employment-tied healthcare is a good thing. If it makes sense for a company to provide it and the employee to take advantage of it then I am all for it. If having healthcare is locking an individual into life/emplyment choices then I do not think it is a good thing.
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Okay, so true enough. I read the article on the low wage bread winner.
But . . . the original post is about what they are seeing with regards to lack of motivation for employment surrounding the ACA.
That is two different scenarios and two different groups of people.
I will cheer on anyone that is working hard and doing the very best they can. The information I have tried to get out to young women is ways to take themselves out of that group of people that are low income breadwinners with the hope that their life will not be quite so hard. I do really wish that for them. And I don't think that is a bad thing. If working as a cook in a fast food restaurant 40 plus hours a week equals their income and they could work that 40 hours elsewhere and make more because they spent time in a training program, I'm all for it. And love to help them achieve that. It is not an insult to those who choose not to and not everyone can for whatever reason. I wish all of our working poor to get ahead and have more for their efforts.
But again, that is really different than what the news is reporting about.
Okay, so true enough. I read the article on the low wage bread winner.
But . . . the original post is about what they are seeing with regards to lack of motivation for employment surrounding the ACA.
That is two different scenarios and two different groups of people.
I will cheer on anyone that is working hard and doing the very best they can. The information I have tried to get out to young women is ways to take themselves out of that group of people that are low income breadwinners with the hope that their life will not be quite so hard. I do really wish that for them. And I don't think that is a bad thing. If working as a cook in a fast food restaurant 40 plus hours a week equals their income and they could work that 40 hours elsewhere and make more because they spent time in a training program, I'm all for it. And love to help them achieve that. It is not an insult to those who choose not to and not everyone can for whatever reason. I wish all of our working poor to get ahead and have more for their efforts.
But again, that is really different than what the news is reporting about.
Rise of the low-wage breadwinner
A staggering number of American households are relying on low-wage jobs as their leading or sole source of income.
Meet the low-wage breadwinner. There were about 21 million of them in the United States in 2011, according to a forthcoming study by University of Massachusetts Boston economists Randy Albelda and Michael Carr.
Unlike other studies which often focus just on low-wage workers, the researchers looked at those who also live in low-income households. This way, they were able to strip out the teenager making $8 an hour flipping burgers but still living comfortably with his parents. Or the mom who works a part-time job in retail to supplement her husband's otherwise ample salary.
"Increasingly, the people who are low wage workers -- they're not just teenagers or spouses -- they're workers whose families depend on them," Albelda said.
Are you a low-wage worker? Share your story
Over the last 30 years, the number of all U.S. workers has grown 40%, roughly in line with the adult population. But over that same time period, the number of low-wage workers who also live in low-income households has climbed 94%.
These low-income breadwinners now make up roughly 14% of all workers in the country -- the highest share on record since at least the 1980s, when Albelda and Carr started tracking the data.
What counts as a low wage? In this study, the dollar figure varied depending on the state, but the median cutoff nationwide was around $11.22 an hour. Common industries for these jobs included restaurants and bars, agricultural production and private households -- like maids and nannies.
To count as low-income, households earn no more than double the poverty line -- about $23,000 for a single person or $46,500 for a family of four.
Many of these people don't count as "poor" by the official standards, so they don't qualify for government aid. Many also don't fit the traditional stereotypes of the working poor.
About 15% are married men -- the traditional symbol of a "breadwinner," Albelda said. Another 13% are married women.
And about 37% are single men and women who are living alone, without children or other relatives to support.
Related: My minimum wage isn't a living wage
This last group in particular is frequently overlooked, Albelda said. Their jobs often don't offer benefits, but they earn too much to qualify for government aid. Plus, government programs readily direct aid toward low-income single parents, but assistance isn't as readily available to single adults who don't have children, she said.
"Being employed but low income is a problem many single mothers face, but as we have shown, it is a growing problem for many other adults," the study said.
Single parents made up 14% of the group. The remaining 22% of adults were singles living with adult relatives.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/news/economy/low-wage-breadwinner/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
A staggering number of American households are relying on low-wage jobs as their leading or sole source of income.
Meet the low-wage breadwinner. There were about 21 million of them in the United States in 2011, according to a forthcoming study by University of Massachusetts Boston economists Randy Albelda and Michael Carr.
Unlike other studies which often focus just on low-wage workers, the researchers looked at those who also live in low-income households. This way, they were able to strip out the teenager making $8 an hour flipping burgers but still living comfortably with his parents. Or the mom who works a part-time job in retail to supplement her husband's otherwise ample salary.
"Increasingly, the people who are low wage workers -- they're not just teenagers or spouses -- they're workers whose families depend on them," Albelda said.
Are you a low-wage worker? Share your story
Over the last 30 years, the number of all U.S. workers has grown 40%, roughly in line with the adult population. But over that same time period, the number of low-wage workers who also live in low-income households has climbed 94%.
These low-income breadwinners now make up roughly 14% of all workers in the country -- the highest share on record since at least the 1980s, when Albelda and Carr started tracking the data.
What counts as a low wage? In this study, the dollar figure varied depending on the state, but the median cutoff nationwide was around $11.22 an hour. Common industries for these jobs included restaurants and bars, agricultural production and private households -- like maids and nannies.
To count as low-income, households earn no more than double the poverty line -- about $23,000 for a single person or $46,500 for a family of four.
Many of these people don't count as "poor" by the official standards, so they don't qualify for government aid. Many also don't fit the traditional stereotypes of the working poor.
About 15% are married men -- the traditional symbol of a "breadwinner," Albelda said. Another 13% are married women.
And about 37% are single men and women who are living alone, without children or other relatives to support.
Related: My minimum wage isn't a living wage
This last group in particular is frequently overlooked, Albelda said. Their jobs often don't offer benefits, but they earn too much to qualify for government aid. Plus, government programs readily direct aid toward low-income single parents, but assistance isn't as readily available to single adults who don't have children, she said.
"Being employed but low income is a problem many single mothers face, but as we have shown, it is a growing problem for many other adults," the study said.
Single parents made up 14% of the group. The remaining 22% of adults were singles living with adult relatives.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/news/economy/low-wage-breadwinner/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
He well may have been a republican but, when I see someone really suffering, their race, gender, religion or political affiliation doesn't enter into it. I'm magnanimous like that.
But, you were funny and I liked it.
But, you were funny and I liked it.
good one.
I'm sure he wasn't a cry baby Republican though or you'd have given him your boot . . . on his behind.
I'm sure he wasn't a cry baby Republican though or you'd have given him your boot . . . on his behind.
I ran into a guy who was really down on his luck and I knew immediately that he really needed a hand.
Right then and there I cut my own right hand off and gave it to him. That's the kind of man I am.
And yes, I did have very good health insurance because, thankfully, I was gainfully employed.
Right then and there I cut my own right hand off and gave it to him. That's the kind of man I am.
And yes, I did have very good health insurance because, thankfully, I was gainfully employed.
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