I was lurking on Reddit and I saw someone claiming that nowadays governments will do everything to make you out of poverty but moment you went above poverty line, taxes and all of that will make you way worse than what you were initially. I wonder if that is true.
basically it is correct in the U.S.
the line where they stop helping you is low and the line where you can actually make it on your own is above that. so they stop helping you but you have a very difficult time to get to the point where you can actually survive. so you wind up back on social welfare programs (or homeless). the system is broken in the aspect. has been for as long as i’ve been alive (born in the 70’s) .
they need to use a scale and use that scale to help you move out of the welfare programs. so the more you make the less you get, but it isn’t a hard cut off point. and the program needs to have incentives to help you get training to get a job so you don’t need the help.
not very many people want to live on social welfare, they want to fend for themselves but the system is broken in a way that traps people.
as for it being a form of resistance. that i’m not sure what you mean by that. do you mean a form of the people resisting against the government? then no it isn’t a form of resistance.