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I disagree. It isn't really that folks don't have their old job. With that job went their livelihoods. Houses, jobs, medical insurance. Bills get late and sudde
by Broken_Hippo 10y ago
I disagree. It isn't really that folks don't have their old job. With that job went their livelihoods. Houses, jobs, medical insurance. Bills get late and suddenly finding food becomes an issue. Others just have very stagnant wages, so they work harder but can't stretch their paycheck as far anymore.
Do you think Trump would have still been elected if we had a proper safety net and social support for folks?
- laughfactory 10y agoThis is so true. As someone who's had the misfortune to be on unemployment twice in my career, and food stamps once, I can tell you our "safety net" is bullshit. Unemployment maxes out at $450/week and takes months for the checks to start arriving. Try making ends meet in that scenario, and better hope you get a couple months of severance. Food stamps work fairly well, but you've got still got the slow and inefficient government albatross in the mix. Long story short: we spend a ludicrous amount of money on a safety net which provides zero safety for anyone.