• ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because it costs money to support these individuals whether it’s at the job or sitting at home. So as one other commenter put it, you can have them contributing, feeling good about themselves, and bringing in a few bucks; or you can make it so that nobody wants to hire them and they sit at home draining caretaker resources. If you want to subsidize that cost go ahead and convince everyone to do so.