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In reply to the discussion: I absolutely love this idea: The Bad Boss Tax [View all]Scuba
(53,475 posts)... ignoring the fact that there are huge "adverse incentives" in place right now. To argue that the law should not be passed because some would remain seems disengenuous.
No law is perfect, and no doubt some employers would find a way to try to game any new law. But the enormous incentive employers now have to shift costs to taxpayers would be greatly mitigated, if not gone altogether. Remember, employment discrimination on the basis of marital status, age and such is now prohibited. Employers would have to break existing laws to a) even learn that a candidate might be eligible for public assistance and b) base hiring decisions on such factors.
You seem totally focused on the law potentially providing some new "adverse incentives" while totally discounting the very real - and very large - ones that exist now.