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Old 05-05-2021, 04:31 PM   #2307
albionmoonlight
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Originally Posted by RainMaker View Post
I agree. If you can't compete with temporary unemployment benefits, your job offer sucks. People want stable jobs. The idea that people won't work if they don't have to is a myth.

There are lots and lots of millionaires who don't need the money but continue to work. Pretty much every Fortune 500 CEO and member of Congress could live extremely comfortable lives without ever lifting a finger again by simply putting their current wealth into an index fund.

But they don't. Because people work for a sense of self-worth. And to get more money than they need to buy things they want, etc.

So when these politicians and business leaders get up and say that people need the threat of starvation to keep them working, what they are really saying is that poor people are morally inferior to them. Because good rich people have a work ethic.

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