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Is Public Assistance a Subsidy or Tax to Employers?

Senator Bernie Sanders believes that public assistance benefits provided to workers constitute subsidies to their employers. He couldn’t be more wrong, according to Ryan Bourne.

Related paper: “Government and the Cost of Living: Income-Based vs. Cost-Based Approaches to Alleviating Poverty,” by Ryan Bourne

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Ryan Bourne

R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute