I believe the name is “benefit cliff” or something similar
Comment on Cathy, do the math.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 week agoI will forgive people who were previously had a low enough income to have benefits that magically disappeared completely at a certain threshold when they received a raise for assuming that making too much money could be a negative. They generally never made enough to understand how tax brackets work.
SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep and it sucks hard.
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Yes, that is something that really sucks.
Here in Ontario disability gets clawed back as soon as you stop making poverty wages, it’s disgusting.