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In reply to the discussion: "Would people work if they didn't have to?" [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)6. True enough.
As a kid, I remember the keeping up the with Joneses thing a lot more. You still see it when right wingers whine about poor people having cell phones. It's not a status symbol now so they feel deprived of that superior feeling.
We need to de-couple the job/health insurance thing. It's bad enough to lose a job, then you lose health coverage and have pre-exisiting conditions and the COBRA "privilege" just proves how expensive it is (as if you can afford that when you just lost your job).
The best thing about the ACA is that it encourages self employment, as that obstacle probably stopped a lot of people.
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Some right wingers do, but they are deserving. Like those guys who took over that Malheur
Dream Girl
May 2017
#14
Maybe kids and old people would get more attention then, too. And parents would get relief
lostnfound
May 2017
#40
It sounds like a nice idea, but affordable housing would be a major issue.
smirkymonkey
May 2017
#17