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Call me crazy, but I don't think people should be threatened with starvation if they don't work
by all2well 6y ago
Call 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.