• x00z
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    1 month ago

    Why are there even brackets and thresholds for benefits? It should be a linear scale. 1 hour of work = 1/40th, 29h = 29/40, 30h = 30/40th etc.

    • Theoriginalthon
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      1 month ago

      Because fuck the poor!

      Also we have a similar, but nowhere near a bad so called benefit cliff in the uk

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      1 month ago

      Or perhaps the “benefits” should be from government and not employer.