> I said in the original post a person with $22,500 BEFORE TAX

A person is not a household of 4 people. You can't even keep your comments straight, but in either case, you're just wrong.

A 4 person household (2 adults, 2 kids) with $22,500 in income isn't "walking away" with ~$50,000. With 2 kids, this household is receiving a bunch of credits and mostly non-cash transfers that don't function like cash because they can't be spent freely.

And if you think a family of 4 living on $22,500 who is "doubling that" with mostly non-cash credits and transfers is living a good life, you're completely out of touch with reality.