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Why can't you compare them? Money is money and I can't pay for groceries or rent with or without "get up and go to work every day", it's completely irrelevant.
by minikites 5y ago
Why can't you compare them? Money is money and I can't pay for groceries or rent with or without "get up and go to work every day", it's completely irrelevant.
- josephcsible 5y agoIf your free money covers groceries and rent, then you compare "get up and go to work every day" with the luxuries you can use the extra money on.
- minikites 5y agoThat's a colossal "if", the idea of "welfare queens" living the high life on government benefits is never actually true outside of fraud cases. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-governor-ends-extra-unemployment-payments-citing-worker-shortage-n1266346 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-governor-ends-e... >In towns like Bozeman, where costs of housing have skyrocketed during the pandemic, workers “are not getting jobs because these jobs don't pay enough to pay their bills,” McWilliams said.
- COGlory 5y agoThis simply isn't true though. Because the jobs pay more than the welfare in most cases, and don't require any skill. Some businesses in town have closed as a result. I know multiple people who would rather scrape by on welfare and enjoy their summer.