> In Sweden, you might end up poor, but the poor are still taken care of. You get your medical treatment, the state pays your rent, and you are guaranteed enough income to buy groceries.
Way to propagate an ignorant myth. The US has a massive welfare state and social safety net. The average poor person in the US can typically draw $25,000 to $30,000 in benefits per year depending on the state they live in. Those benefits include free healthcare, housing, food, work training, etc. For some states, such as Hawaii, it's nearly $50,000 per year.
Just drawing on several of the most common welfare benefits programs in the US, gets you near $20,000 per year.
According to a fact check by the Washington Post in 2014, the median total individual welfare benefits package in the US was $28,800.
Let's put it another away. These welfare benefits numbers are so high, they exceed the median income in all but a few very wealthy nations.
Way to propagate an ignorant myth. The US has a massive welfare state and social safety net. The average poor person in the US can typically draw $25,000 to $30,000 in benefits per year depending on the state they live in. Those benefits include free healthcare, housing, food, work training, etc. For some states, such as Hawaii, it's nearly $50,000 per year.
Just drawing on several of the most common welfare benefits programs in the US, gets you near $20,000 per year.
According to a fact check by the Washington Post in 2014, the median total individual welfare benefits package in the US was $28,800.
Let's put it another away. These welfare benefits numbers are so high, they exceed the median income in all but a few very wealthy nations.