Tax and spend, or face the consequences (from the new unemployable)

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by queensnake • 17 years ago

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patio11• 17 years ago

The threat that machines will make working at McDonalds economically non-viable, resulting in a large number of people who prefer not to work, is speculative.

The threat that generous welfare payments will make working at McDonalds economically non-viable, resulting in a large number of people who prefer not to work, is real. We have been there, done that, and gotten the T-shirt.

Given the option (which existed prior to the Clinton-era welfare reforms) of living on government support supplemented by various economically marginal activities versus having to actually show up 9 o'clock in the morning every single day, many millions of people were content to choose to not work.

(If I had young kids, I'd rather spend time with them than work, too. It is unsurprising to me that many people who had that option availed themselves of it.)

Tax and spend, or face the consequences (from the new unemployable)

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