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40. Thank you for spelling all that out for the OP.

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #20)

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:14 AM

Aug 2014

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Should people who are able to work, have to work? [View all] Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 OP

Impossible under current circumstances NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #1

Yes, let's start with Romney and W. broiles Aug 2014 #2

If ample work is provided and workers are provided a living wage, yes. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #3

... woo me with science Aug 2014 #4

Damn, thank you! Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #5

R. Buckminster Fuller is correct. hunter Aug 2014 #10

+1 nt laundry_queen Aug 2014 #14

^^^Ding, ding, ding! Correct answer.^^^ TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #27

+1 leftstreet Aug 2014 #17

We already have that. It's called capitalism BainsBane Aug 2014 #22

"One in ten thousand...supporting all the rest." MindPilot Aug 2014 #29

We have a system already where a small portion of the population doesn't work, primarily because of CAG Aug 2014 #6

Provide the jobs, and a lot more people will happily work. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #7

Then wouldn't the entire system unravel? Matrosov Aug 2014 #8

There are thousands of people early retireing (in 30's-40's) due to the ACA and 401k kelly1mm Aug 2014 #9

That's interesting Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #15

I think you are doing society a FAVOR by retiring early, thereby giving some younger CTyankee Aug 2014 #39

No. ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #11

Most people should be paid a living wage. liberalmuse Aug 2014 #12

U.S. policy is 'Greed is good' CobaltBlue Aug 2014 #13

I think the word "ability" Shankapotomus Aug 2014 #16

That was one of the issues I have with the idea Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #28

Well, there is one factor that could limit Shankapotomus Aug 2014 #38

Bureaucracy and Social Ignorance Gets in the Way of the Ideal daredtowork Aug 2014 #18

Given that productivity has improved by a factor of 4 since the end of WW II, no eridani Aug 2014 #19

Why wouldn't you work, and who would support you? BainsBane Aug 2014 #20

... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #23

Thanks. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2014 #34

Thank you for saying that. hamsterjill Aug 2014 #45

Thank you for spelling all that out for the OP. Starry Messenger Aug 2014 #40

+1 n/t Matrosov Aug 2014 #43

All the robotized manufacturing,... hmm Trillo Aug 2014 #21

I dunno. Do you have something that needs to be done that you're willing to pay for? Recursion Aug 2014 #24

how can people who work for peanuts feel good about work? AZ Progressive Aug 2014 #25

I have never seen work as a bad word. merrily Aug 2014 #26

Define work. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #30

For those of us lucky enough to have jobs, MindPilot Aug 2014 #31

You mean able bodied rich people who have trust funds? Quantess Aug 2014 #32

I agree - most people are pretty useless and contribute nothing el_bryanto Aug 2014 #33

I work hard at managing my family fortune. B Calm Aug 2014 #35

Should some people be able to live off the fruits of other people's work? To quote VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #36

Hell no. AngryAmish Aug 2014 #37

They should do something Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #41

We should all contribute to society in some manner. n/t lumberjack_jeff Aug 2014 #42

The "utopian" vision of Howard Zinn (from People's History) yallerdawg Aug 2014 #44