re: MTG: We must STOP paying people to stay at home and not work!

I'd bet there are Help Wanted signs in >40% of the shops I visit.

It goes without saying that these hourly positions aren't that high paying. So the combined state and federal benefits aren't that different from putting in your 40 hours once the government takes out a few taxes. Those suggesting the current benefits policies aren't putting downward pressure on employment are either in denial or simply lying.