Lets all move to Hawaii!

These numbers (at least for NJ) must include much more than simply welfare payments. Maybe they include housing (section 8), food stamps and medical care costs too? NJ has other requirements as well, like work requirements (schools count toward this) and lifetime limits.

All I know is that your self worth/esteem must not be much if you are able bodied but choose not to work. Plus there are too many SS disability fakers out there.
welfare benefits must include more than a paycheck....IIRC the CA "show up for some free money" check is only ~$300 a month, and I think that is too much. Beggars at the intersections clear about 2-3 bucks a traffic light cycle, that's $20-30 an hour. ****, I gotta go, I'm losing money sitting here! :eek: