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In reply to the discussion: This City Eliminated Poverty, And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It - HuffPo [View all]knightmaar
(748 posts)We have different definitions of "work" then, I guess.
Work, to me, is exerting energy for a goal. I can work on my deck, work on my hardwood floors, or go to an office and work at my job. Some work you get paid for, some you don't. Some you enjoy, some you don't.
Ideally, I want to have enough money safely and wisely invested that I will never be forced to do any work I don't want to do. Then I will call myself "retired". Retired doesn't mean "no work". It means "work" is decoupled from "money".
But, if we use your definition of "work", then I concede your point.
(And yes, "putting there feet up..." is a conservative talking point. I meant it derisively that way. That is explicitly *not* what happens when you help out poor people.)