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It's not that the government programs provide those. It's that if you don't see a clear path to those things, and the extra $300/week unemployment benefit puts
by ineedasername 6y ago
It's not that the government programs provide those. It's that if you don't see a clear path to those things, and the extra $300/week unemployment benefit puts you not too far from what you were making at the shit job, why not wait until the benefits run out to go back to the shit job?
- hervature 6y agoThat's perfectly logical, why dress it up with all this talk about land and such as the reason to milk unemployment? This is standard practice in the maritime provinces of Canada where you fish for the season and claim unemployment until the next fishing season with no intention of getting a job in the meantime.
- egypturnash 6y agoBecause America is insanely obsessed with Working Your Ass Off and with casting hate upon anyone who might dare be getting by without making that same sacrifice of most of your waking life at the altar of Capitalism and Sharehold Profit.
- jeffy90 6y agoI think if there were a clear path to increased salary that came with the job, people wouldn't milk benefits but would start down the path that leads to growth. So I think OP is dressing it up to show that in the absence of a path towards growth, people just milk benefits.
- hervature 6y agoThank you for actually putting an explanation forward. One day, I hope to own a business and want to treat all my employees with dignity and respect. Knowing that people need a prospect of growth from their employer is incredibly useful to hear. Obviously, the policies associated with "paying more" and "provide growth opportunities" are entirely different.
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