Joe Hockey has tried to highlight the complexity in recent days by listing a dozen payments and supplements that can go to some individual recipients.
He cited the example of a single mother with two children who was getting $54,417 via myriad welfare payments.
Experts attacked the Treasurer’s claim, however, as an “incredibly rare” example, when most single mothers with two children were getting $35,000 to $40,000 a year.
--------------------------------------- "Only" $40,000? $800 a week, untaxed? Oh well that's alright then.
There are lots of people who'd be happy to receive that much from the work they do; instead, their hard earned taxes go to pay for what is essentially a wage.
Yes welfare needs to be wound back so it is a safety net, not an alternative to work.
