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You can easily save 10 to 20% when unemployed because you don't have to pay for daily transportation (tube/train/car), lunch outdoors every day and a few other
by user5994461 7y ago
You can easily save 10 to 20% when unemployed because you don't have to pay for daily transportation (tube/train/car), lunch outdoors every day and a few other things. So the difference in disposable income is about null in most cases.
- watwut 7y agoYou can take lunch from home and eat that. I know enough people who do that. People who bought yearly or other long term tickets (majority of frequent travellers) dont save.
- tomxor 7y agoEven if that is the case, it's not your choice, as I said before - it does not apply to those voluntarily unemployed. You are projecting arguments of basic income onto an economic solution for a pandemic where people are suddenly forced into unemployment or unpaid leave for a very specific reason... Given a lack of choice how can paying wages make any difference to their employment behavior. I'll repeat: this is not basic income.
- user5994461 7y agoThis had nothing to do with basic income. We're talking unemployment for people who get laid off from their jobs.
- tomxor 7y agoThen you clearly didn't read the article, the headline is: > The government will pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic