NY Welfare.... Forever

New York State, the Welfare State? 

Published July 24, 2007 by:

Jill Ermer
Recently I was talking to a family member of mine who happens to live out of state in North Carolina. She was telling me about a family she knew of not far from her neighborhood, that was given money to move up to New York State. 
"Why", I asked her. She seemed surprised that I had to ask. She told me that North Carolina like many other states have a 6 month to 1 year limit in which residents can collect welfare benefits. If these families don't find work in that time frame they are cut off from their benefits. However in most states theses families aren't left out in the cold, they are actually given enough money from the state to move up here to New York State and set up residence. 
They are usually given enough money to get an apartment and pay the rent for up to 6 months. In which time they can go and apply for welfare benefits. Of course they are sent to New York State. The reason for this is because New York State is the one state in which you can collect welfare benefits for life. Not only can a family stay on them for life,but it can go on for generations. As long as they stay in the system they are set for life. 
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The Real Price of New York's Generous Welfare Benefits

August 1994, from Tom Carroll, President of CHANGE-NY (1-800-851-8881):

New York state's welfare benefits are so high that a welfare recipient would have to work at a job paying nearly $45,000 to break-even, according to a study released today by CHANGE-NY, a statewide taxpayers organization with over 100,000 members.
"It is often said that New York provides a Cadillac-style welfare program. Rolls Royce is more like it," explained Tom Carroll, CHANGE-NY's president.
The CHANGE-NY study documents that the typical welfare recipient (a woman with two children) is able to receive a tax-free welfare-benefit package costing taxpayers $32,571 annually. This figure encompasses the most common and broadly used welfare programs in New York, including the AFDC basic cash grant, Medicaid health coverage, and subsidies for food, housing, and energy cost.
To have after-tax take-home pay of $32,571 from a regular job, a welfare recipient would have to earn a salary of $44,900 annually, according to CHANGE-NY. By comparison, the starting salary for nuclear engineers with college degrees is $32,200. The $44,900 figure also is higher than the statewide median household income, almost four times the poverty level, and almost three times the annual unemployment-insurance benefits.
http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/community/welfare/new_york.html
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Kliphnote: And you wonder why NY taxes are so high.

Keep voting for tax and spend liberals and it will never change.  

Nobody to blame but yourself. 
That would make Karl Marx (and the rest of the liberals) happy, redistribution of wealth ...
How many jobs do poor people create?