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Originally Posted by Sly
Pretty soon the federal government is going to create an advisory board on how to teach your cat to shit properly. I'm sure they could find some bureaucratic red tape hellhole to funnel unemployed workers into areas of need, LOL. Most of the institutions that need workers are already set up.
In the basement of my building is a free health/dental clinic for the poor, they could definitely use some health-care workers. Etc. etc. I admit that it would require some serious thinking and infrastructure in itself... but shit, if we can create an infrastructure (even though it was a major fuck up) to practically give away new cars, I would think we could put forth the effort to develop an infrastructure that would actually help our society out a little bit while creating a nice little incentive for people to go out and try something new PLUS I guarantee you the unemployment naysayers would have a much easier time swallowing this pill.
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It could be used as a compromise I suppose. I just think the unemployment benefits program isn't really that broken. Why are we focusing on it so much.
There is this huge national strawman that makes it look like everyone on unemployment is gaming the system and living like a king on your dime. But that's not the case. A majority of people on unemployment right now have always had a job, paid their taxes, lived by the rules, and now are asking for help for THE FIRST TIME.
Now, it's the toughest economic times in nearly a century and people want to get tough on unemployment benefits. It doesn't seem to be the right time and it doesn't seem ethical or in line with American values.