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> There is NO solution that doesn’t involve either make work programs OR a guaranteed income OR people homeless and starving. I think that's a pretty narrow vi
by aggieben 13y ago
> There is NO solution that doesn’t involve either make work programs OR a guaranteed income OR people homeless and starving.
I think that's a pretty narrow view. There are other possible alternatives, like: new businesses opening; completely new industry forming that doesn't require high skill levels from its workers. Given an individual situation, I don't think it would be too difficult to imagine additional scenarios.
I'm not trying to trivialize the difficulty the long-term unemployed are facing, but I don't think it's constructive to throw up your hands and despair, either.
- nickff 13y agoIt is also likely that when these open positions are filled, more will become available.
- Ensorceled 13y agoI can imagine that happening but it's seems silly to base policy on some imaginary scenario where a new industry starts up that that needs literally millions of lower skilled employees to function. When was the last time that happened? Every current industry is shedding employees. New industries are either small or require a high skill set.