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TBH, I'm not so much worried about those in our line of work. We're doing comparatively fine. But there are a lot of folks out there who are hurting. If I wasn
by Florin_Andrei 12y ago
TBH, I'm not so much worried about those in our line of work. We're doing comparatively fine. But there are a lot of folks out there who are hurting.
If I wasn't a nerdy kid who toyed with computers in school, I'd be in a very different place right now. Once that's much less nice.
(But yes, you're right in principle.)
- AnthonyMouse 12y ago> TBH, I'm not so much worried about those in our line of work. We're doing comparatively fine. That's not really what it's about though. The upper middle class is what drives the economy. The super rich are not the job creators, the almost rich are. You give an extra $25K/year to a multi-millionaire and it changes nothing for them, but to someone making $150K/year they're not making so much that it doesn't affect their spending. And the almost-rich buy services. They pay people to do the jobs you can't outsource and you don't need a degree to do. So if you want to help the poor, go ask your boss for a raise and then spend the money.
- swatow 12y agoJobs are not an externality. If you want to help the poor, give money to charity.