And, there are stories of people who did work for six months or more until
the jobs began to disappear. There was a terrible story of one woman in one
of the articles I read. She had been Bill Clinton's example of success, came
to The White House, had stories written about her, and ended up unemployed,
sick with no medical benefits, and died at some ridiculously young age like
56 or something. The point is that you can't urge people to get jobs,
usually low paying jobs, when the system is set up so that the jobs
disappear as soon as corporations find them unprofitable. If we're going to
have a system where because of corporate decisions or technological
progress, jobs disappear, then we need to provide incomes for everyone which
will help them live decent lives, provide for their basic needs. We can't
even sustain our economy if people can't buy products. This isn't
sustainable.
Miriam
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Hi Miriam,
Agreed here on all counts.
What I would have liked is an incentive to work plan that does not cut off
benefits until and unless the individual has been working at a decent wage
for at least 6 months or a year. Then again, there are jobs that don't
provide a decent wage. Also, such a plan should keep Medicaid intact unless
the individual opts for an alternative plan. I was thinking of an incentive
plan with lots of carrots and very few stikcs. But, of course, such a plan
would not be in the master's interest.
Bob
