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In reply to the discussion: "Would people work if they didn't have to?" [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)23. and to have a better life in terms of
stress and what that takes out of you worrying about ends meeting for the basics. Starvation and homelessness need not be a threat for a person to be willing to work.
That's what right wingers are saying too when they claim people are not motivated to work because welfare exists. Well righty, why do you work then, if you think all people would have to have a specter of starvation or homelessness over them or they would not work? Rich people gong to work proves otherwise. Why do they keep working when they have enough accumulated not to have to in order to eat?
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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