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The problem isn't the trailing 6 weeks but the upcoming {unknown} weeks of little to no travel. It makes no sense to bleed money indefinitely out of generosity
by adt2bt 7y ago
The problem isn't the trailing 6 weeks but the upcoming {unknown} weeks of little to no travel. It makes no sense to bleed money indefinitely out of generosity to your employees. This pandemic is what a social safety net is supposed to exist for.
- benrbray 7y agoI agree with you this is precisely what a social safety net is for, but given that the United States seems to be vehemently opposed to universal health Care and UBI, there should at least be regulations in place to ensure the businesses we depend on aren't operating on the edge of bankruptcy. The whole argument against government safety nets is that companies will take care of their employees in a time of crisis (I disagree with this idea, but we hear it all the time).
- foogazi 7y ago> The whole argument against government safety nets is that companies will take care of their employees in a time of crisis I don’t recall ever hearing the argument that companies should pick up the burden. But there is a lot of literature suggesting people save up for a ”rainy day”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+41&version=ESV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+41&vers...