OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 58430

welfare trap

Meanings (ES + gloss)
trampa del desempleo
A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.
Mr. Hayakawa said there was "a class of able-bodied persons who would rather collect public assistance than take jobs". . . . Cutting off food stamp benefits to these people, he sa…
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