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> I've known many people who prefer to live on benefits and take pride in their ability to work the system. Yeah, sure, but there's always going to be people t
by AsyncAwait 8y ago
> I've known many people who prefer to live on benefits and take pride in their ability to work the system.
Yeah, sure, but there's always going to be people taking advantage of any system. Does that mean no system is worth having? I mean there's a tremendous amount of waste at the Pentagon, for example, yet the right always seems to rather be focusing on punching down, rather than up.
- leereeves 8y agoSome systems are worth having. Taxing idle wealth instead of productive work would be a good system. Rewarding work instead of cutting off benefits would be a good system. The system we have helps people who don't work but does little to help poor working people and IMO isn't worth having.
- AsyncAwait 8y ago> Taxing idle wealth instead of productive work would be a good system. I actually 100% agree with this. I am pleasantly surprised you support this, since many on the right tend to protest taxing wealth more.