Author: Papa Giorgio

CATO Study: Welfare Pays More Than Minimum Wage In Many States

Published by Papa Giorgio

Via Gateway Pundit

Last week, the Cato Institute released an analysis of the total level of welfare benefits by state called “The Work Versus Welfare Trade-Off” by Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes.  The analysis claims the current welfare system acts as a disincentive “because welfare benefits are tax-free, their dollar value was greater than the amount of take-home income a worker would receive from an entry-level job.”

In particular, this study seeks to determine the approximate level of benefits that a typical welfare family, consisting of a single mother with two children, might receive, and to compare those benefits with the wages that a recipient would need to earn in order to take home an equivalent income

Even after accounting for Earned Income Tax Credit, welfare currently pays more than a minimum wage job in 35 states. Welfare in 42 states exceed the Federal Poverty Level and District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Hawaii pays more than twice the poverty level.

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Looking at Welfare Benefits Packages as a whole, the states with the largest welfare packages are:

1. Hawaii- $49,175
2. District of Columbia- $43,099
3. Mass- $42,515
4. Connecticut- $38,761
5. New jersey- $38,728
6. Rhode Island- $38,632
7. New York $38,004

The full report can be read here

“The Poverty of Nations” | Author Wayne Grudem Interviewed by Dennis Prager

Published by Papa Giorgio

From video description:

While Grudem’s thinking is key to the show (the Judeo-Christian ethic) via his “Politics According to the Bible,” here is another book by Grudem that is key for the active Christian in politics, “The Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution” (http://tinyurl.com/km8wjr8).

Grudem holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, a M.Div from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D in New Testament studies from the University of Cambridge. In 2001, Grudem became Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary. Prior to that, he had taught for 20 years at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he was chairman of the department of Biblical and Systematic Theology.

Grudem served on the committee overseeing the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and from 2005 to 2008 he served as General Editor for the 2.1 million-word ESV Study Bible (which was named “2009 Christian Book of the Year” by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association). In 1999 he was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society.

For more clear thinking like this from Dennis Prager… I invite you to visit: http://www.dennisprager.com/

Oral Tradition and Reliability ~ Dr. Darrell Bock

Published by Papa Giorgio

Via Mikel Del Rosario’s blog:

Video description:

In this interview with Simon Smart at the Centre for Public Christianity in Sydney, Dr. Darrell Bock explains that a proper understanding of oral tradition gives us good reason to trust that the Jesus tradition was accurately preserved in Scripture.