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Is it greedy for a worker to want to feed their family? Serious question.
by briandear 6y ago
Is it greedy for a worker to want to feed their family? Serious question.
- all2well 6y agoCall me crazy, but I don't think people should be threatened with starvation if they don't work
- burrows 6y agoOk, you’re crazy. Me: Who produces the food if no one works? You: Food producers are essential workers so food production is unaffected. Me: How do people outside the food industry pay for the food without working? You: They don’t. The government taxes future productive efforts of other people to buy the food. Me: But I don’t want the government to take my future dollars and give them away. You: Too bad chump.
- all2well 6y agoA better answer, from your perspective, would probably be that private charity and food banks deal with this problem already, right?
- dgzl 6y agoThey are certainly more effective than Government handouts.
- all2well 6y agoMy point is nobody wants people to starve, neither Elon and his buddies or Gretchen Newsom
- burrows 6y agoThe only problem is the government infringing individual rights by shutting down companies. 1. Agents allocate their own scarce resources. 2. Agents make subjective assessments of Covid-related work risks. 3. Agents who previously preferred saving to consumption are less constrained. Nothing to see here.
- dgzl 6y agoLet's say you need to distribute $50,000. Using a reputable charity, that $50,000 will be effectively distributed. Using government, you will need an additional $50,000 just to hire the person to oversee the project of distribution.
- new_realist 6y agoThey can collect California unemployment if it’s illegal for them to work. Many will receive more cash than if they were on the line.
- dimator 6y agoBy that rationale, no one should have been forced to stay home. Everyone's got mouths to feed.
- dgzl 6y agoUsing the other rationale, driving puts others at risk and we shouldn't be in the road until driving is perfectly safe.
- jackguy 6y agoBut driving requires a person to be above a certain age. They have to go through a test to prove they're competent. And there's still certain rules to follow like not being intoxicated while driving even after they have proved themselves to be competent. And most importantly driving is a privilege that can be taken away if someone repeatedly fails to comply with the rules. So not really a rational rationale
- testbot123 6y agoHow about "drunk driving puts others at risk and you shouldn't drive a car when you're drunk."
- proc0 6y agoYeah that's what Sweden did.
- testbot123 6y agoThe place with universal healthcare?
- proc0 6y agoNot quarantining doesn't require universal healthcare.