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A minimum wage affords unskilled workers some amount of time to learn new skills or improve their lot in life. An unskilled worker who has to work 18 hours a d
by EricDeb 14y ago
A minimum wage affords unskilled workers some amount of time to learn new skills or improve their lot in life. An unskilled worker who has to work 18 hours a day at $2 an hour to make ends meet will never be able to learn new skills and claw their way out of that hole. It's the same with unemployment benefits - it affords citizens time to learn new skills without worrying about what they will eat that night.
- chii 14y agoperhaps unemployment benefits should give food and other basic necessities in the form of vouchers, and force the benefit taker to take (gov't provided) classes that will reskill them. This way, they can either look for a real job to earn cash, instead of living on "vouchers/food tickets", or have to take classes to reskill/up-skill. They won't be battling for their next meal, but they also can't have leasure time.