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I don't understand. Are those five stories suppose to be representative of today's unemployment problems? Because if they are. We need more social programs to

• rhizome 10y ago
  Social programs don't make campaign donations.
• sp332 10y ago
  Social programs aren't self-sustaining. You can't count on them to exist for longer than an election cycle. Setting up some businesses would make a medium-to-long term difference, and people wouldn't have to constantly worry about their benefits being cut. Edit: I don't mean that concentrating capital and picking winners is good either. Helping individuals start their own small businesses would be better, and it would probably lead to less inequality than dumping cash into a single big "job-creating"... thing.
  • pm90 10y ago
    This is exactly right. I would also add that culturally, living on "benefits" is highly frowned upon in American society today so this probably has psychological effects on the recipients as well. Conversely, the ability to get a job and keep it is the source of much pride and admiration.