can actually make more money if you re on welfare because in addition to state welfare, there are also something like 126 different programs where you can get money. take a look. 35 states where you can make more money on welfare than working. take a look. if you are lucky enough to live in the state of hawaii where the minimum wage is 7.25, through all the welfare programs, you can actually draw 29.13 an hour on welfare. dc, 24. massachusetts, 24. connecticut, 21 bucks an hour. why work? brian: i thought we reformed welfare. if the crew listens to the show, and we don t know if they do, they might leave because they re getting paid more than most of the people in the studio. this is incredible! 13 states welfare pays more than $15 an hour. that s absolutely crazy. at a time in which states are
a disincentive to get a job. according to the study the federal government funds 27 programs designed to support low income workers on top of low income by state and local government. if you live in hawaii that works out to 29.13 per hour more than 60,000 annually. that s not only four times the state of minimum wage it is almost double the medianal sri in the state which is only 36,275 dollars. dc and massachusetts aren t far behind with benefits paying more than 24 dollars an hour. the list goes on. how do you motivate people to get back to work? cato recommends strengthening welfare work requirements removing exceptions and narrowing the definition of work. interesting. diane macedo fox business. the time now is about 10 minutes almost until the top of the hour. you have to stay tuned for this story. this little boy by his dad s
harbor. december 7th i know as an immigrant that pearl harbor is sense theive to me. i say my country was attacked. i m an american citizen. right? we re very sensitive to all of those things but we also have to say and be reminded that many muslims lost their lives in those buildings, as well. i know muslims that went as first responders including my wife who went down there. she built the triage, the makeshift triage centers and pharmacies on fire boats was on nypd, fdny fire boats to bring supplies to ground zero and there for 9/11, 9/12, and 9/13. she was thanked for order out of the chaos that was there. we re very, very sensitive to the issues and no one s talking about the fact that muslims are victims. those attackers, perpetrators of that attack on our nation do not represent american muslims and that could not be forgotten. muslims were killed in the attack, as well. willie? a talk of tolerance and