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So, there is most certainly a cliff, but can you expand on your claim that "Democrats have turned it into a social gill net."? From my reality, they've been the ones trying (albeit feebly) to expand services, while the fascists have done everything they can to cut services, creating that cliff.
They expand the services to trap more and more people in the gill net. The bigger the net, the more people trapped.
Also, the cliffs aren't created by "fascists" trying to cut services. The cliffs are written into the programs specifically to stop people from escaping the gill net. This is even present in VERY blue states. Also, your casual use of the term "fascists" is telling.
If it wasn't intentional, the losses would be gradual as the person makes more money to wean them off the benefits, rather than making them worse off for having the nerve to dare make more than the state sanctioned amount of money. Anyone capable of basic logic would know that this would be necessary to get people off of welfare, which SHOULD be temporary for people who fall on hard times, not a lifestyle for generations on end.
The problem is that when people rise to the middle class, they tend to be less receptive to the idea of voting for more and more taxes and government programs because then it's THEIR money that is being taken. Those at the bottom who depend on the government are more than happy to vote for it because then it's taking someone else's money and benefits themselves. This is a problem for Democrats because they rely on a permanent underclass of impoverished people who depend on various welfare programs to draw their power from.
What a steaming load of conspiratorial bullshit. Yes, evil Democrats trying to expand services that help people are in actuality just trying to trap them in their "net" in order to.....fuck if I know. And yes, you apparently haven't noticed the (R) party has gone 100% fascist, nothing "casual" about it.
Oof, my post must have caused you a moment of reality. You closed your eyes, covered your ears and began chanting Democrat mantras.
Oh sick burn! That right wing fascist sense of humor always just slays!
I've seen this mentality before.
Oh man, another one, so clever, did you make that yourself?
Spoilers, not all fascists are nazis.
In my future leaders program we decided it would be better not to have benefits tied to income at all. Everyone gets the benefit. No cliffs. No need to ween anyone off. Like the roads these benefits could be part of the social contract. This creates an actual safety net and removes the most negative incentives.
That's not the worst idea. The problem is the price.
Taxes or a world worth a fuck hmmm