One issue if that if you have multiple benefits, and each phases out over a similar range, the combined total loss can be over 100%.
Suppose that between $25,000 and $35,000 income, you start paying taxes, you lose food stamps, you have to start paying toward your medical insurance, you lose your daycare assistance, free school lunches, etc., etc... each one of those could be staggered, but the net result is just overwhelming.
I'm not a big fan of social programs; but if we're going to do them, they should at least be done sensibly.
Oh, agreed; it's why I don't call out specific benefits (since I know they have different rules and such). My intention there is to generalize to all of them.
Suppose that between $25,000 and $35,000 income, you start paying taxes, you lose food stamps, you have to start paying toward your medical insurance, you lose your daycare assistance, free school lunches, etc., etc... each one of those could be staggered, but the net result is just overwhelming.
I'm not a big fan of social programs; but if we're going to do them, they should at least be done sensibly.