A SUGGESTION OF ONE WAY TO CREATE LOW INCOME JOBS: Strapped States Curb Spending on Safety Net - WSJ.com
Missing from both this article and policy are ways to support the creation of low-income jobs.
Here, in particular one can't help but think of programs to make it easier for small employers (read families) to hire low-skilled domestic labor - i.e. let people be hired as independent contractors and let anyone with a salary (or earned income) fully deduct from that income the cost of paying domestic labor?
Right now, a mom who could work or stay home has to face becoming a form-filing-employer paying employment taxes, etc. if she would hire some domestic help.And, if the working couple have a good income, they are paying too much in taxes; so, Is it any wonder many working spouses decide one should stay home when raising kids?
No one is saying domestic labor jobs are perfect jobs - but, they would be jobs. They'd help put food on the table of the worker and give that person the dignity of work vs. welfare.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
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