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When I read this it feels like the underlying question to be answered off it is "how do we force more people back to work?". Work shouldn't be mandatory.
by sys_64738 5y ago
When I read this it feels like the underlying question to be answered off it is "how do we force more people back to work?". Work shouldn't be mandatory.
- PopAlongKid 5y ago"Nebraska’s quandary: Can it force more citizens to work?" https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-nebraska-pete-ricketts-5cf5cef955a79c466281fd43f32cc358 https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-hea...
- JaimeThompson 5y ago""I don't think mask mandates are appropriate," Ricketts told reporters. "I think they create resistance. Masks are just a tool, not the only tool, (and) they are not a panacea to solve all the problems."" It will be most interesting to see how Ricketts spins mask mandate == bad / forcing people to work == good.
- gruez 5y ago>Work shouldn't be mandatory. How do you think that would work when our economy isn't post-scarcity?
- josephcsible 5y agoIt shouldn't be required by law or anything like that, agreed. But if you can work but choose not to, nobody should be giving you any money or paying for anything for you.
- sys_64738 5y agoThere are plenty of scenarios where you're given money for doing nothing. Child tax credits. Unemployment insurance. Redundancy monies. Investment income. Social security. List goes on.
- josephcsible 5y agoUnemployment insurance is supposed to be for supporting you if you lose your job while you look for a new one. Redundancy monies and investment income aren't free money from the government (i.e., out of my taxes and/or printed, causing inflation), so they're not a problem. Social security is for people who are disabled or too old to work.
- DarylZero 5y agoFree money from the government is the best form that free money can take. If the free stuff isn't given out by government, it will be captured by plutocrats with no democratic accountability.
- josephcsible 5y agoThe problem is that the government can't run out of money, so when free stuff from the government goes runaway, the whole economy gets wrecked. If free stuff from private companies goes runaway, then the private companies will run out of money and go out of business.
- DarylZero 5y agoI didn't say free stuff FROM private companies. There's a lot of free stuff in the world, and if governments don't distribute it, then it will be captured (not distributed!) by a plutocratic elite.
- kbelder 5y agoAgreed, but supporting people who don't work shouldn't be mandatory either.