The income estimates do not include
unreported income, prevalent at the low and high ends of the scale. It also
skips the value of services provided to our 2 million prisoners. By the way, the
CBO is now basing its income estimates on the methodology exemplified in the
graph. But, by including Medicare and Medicaid benefits as income, it completely
alters the picture of inequality--and pushes the real working class to the
bottom of the income pyramid.
A Republican doing what Republicans do
not like to do: thinking seriously about reform of the welfare state, rather
than wallowing in the idealistic rhetoric of abolition. The crux of his
argument: "We can start by measuring outcomes (results) rather than inputs (how
much money can we throw at the problem). Our effectiveness should be assessed,
in part, by the per-person cost of moving individuals from dependency to
self-sufficiency."
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