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I was shocked how expensive it is to vacation in Florida now. $300 hotel rooms, $100 car rentals. What's better for the economy, a retiree boomer working as a

I was shocked how expensive it is to vacation in Florida now. $300 hotel rooms, $100 car rentals. What's better for the economy, a retiree boomer working as a walmart greater, or one that spends their savings in Florida. Not sure how many can afford that without having to Maid themselves at the end of the vacation, the way they do in Canada. I suspect people are going back to work, because they can't afford much of a retirement.

barbazoo 4y ago
> Not sure how many can afford that without having to Maid themselves at the end of the vacation, the way they do in Canada. I'm assuming you mean MAID as in "Medical assistance in dying". You should do some research as it's a very serious thing and obviously not used to end one's life after an expensive vacation. Pretty gross to make fun of people that consider MAID. Do better! https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assi...
- dukeofdoom 4y ago
  It's a lot of different things for different people. For some people its a way to get organs. For others it's to escape poverty. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/13/medical-assistance-death-maid-canada/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/13/medical-assistance-de... It's been offered to people depressed and Vetrans, and now is getting pushed to young people. The gross part is that it's been pushed as a way for government to save money. IF you don't think thats the over riding incentive you haven't been paying attention.
  - barbazoo 4y ago
    Do you have examples of people that actually made use of MAiD. You're example didn't have to follow through luckily. I hear "some turn to it as an alternative to poverty" but I never actually see any numbers. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/16/ontario-medically-assisted-death-support/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/16/ontario-medically-ass...
chmod775 4y ago
> What's better for the economy, a retiree boomer working as a walmart greater, or one that spends their savings in Florida. The economy serves the people. That is its purpose: to make everyone's life better. To do that the economy needs to actually produce and provide something. People not doing any actual work and instead just competing for limited economic output is not helpful. So yeah: Boomers actually working would be better for everyone. Them just spending money and merely competing for resources is detrimental to everyone else.

barbazoo 4y ago

> Not sure how many can afford that without having to Maid themselves at the end of the vacation, the way they do in Canada. I'm assuming you mean MAID as in "Medical assistance in dying". You should do some research as it's a very serious thing and obviously not used to end one's life after an expensive vacation. Pretty gross to make fun of people that consider MAID. Do better! https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assi...

dukeofdoom 4y ago
It's a lot of different things for different people. For some people its a way to get organs. For others it's to escape poverty. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/13/medical-assistance-death-maid-canada/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/13/medical-assistance-de... It's been offered to people depressed and Vetrans, and now is getting pushed to young people. The gross part is that it's been pushed as a way for government to save money. IF you don't think thats the over riding incentive you haven't been paying attention.
- barbazoo 4y ago
  Do you have examples of people that actually made use of MAiD. You're example didn't have to follow through luckily. I hear "some turn to it as an alternative to poverty" but I never actually see any numbers. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/16/ontario-medically-assisted-death-support/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/16/ontario-medically-ass...

chmod775 4y ago

> What's better for the economy, a retiree boomer working as a walmart greater, or one that spends their savings in Florida. The economy serves the people. That is its purpose: to make everyone's life better. To do that the economy needs to actually produce and provide something. People not doing any actual work and instead just competing for limited economic output is not helpful. So yeah: Boomers actually working would be better for everyone. Them just spending money and merely competing for resources is detrimental to everyone else.