musings - way waay OT

I just finished writing out paychecks... My employees are a mix of
more skilled and lesser skilled folks... The higher skills are paid
more obvious averaging a $100 a week more in gross pay... One my
more skilled employees has a husband with MS (is on expensive drugs)
and both of them continue to work... A lesser skilled employee
receives Medicaid and food stamp assistance for herself and her
child...

The bottom line is that I just did the payroll and after tax witholding
and despite the higher gross income, my more skilled employee took home
exactly $10 more than the employee on public assistance... And besides
monthly assistance (money taken from her co-worker) the person on
welfare will receive an income tax credit with a check from the US
gov't at the end of the year...

Am I the only person who sees the system as being broken?

denny