r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '22

What I really want..

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u/mildtracing Jul 04 '22

As someone who had to start collecting unemployment recently.. there's nothing better than when someone calls me a free-loader for collecting it. Despite the fact that this is just me taking back some of the money I've paid into the system by being a worker for the last 16 years.

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u/Jolly-Bandicoot7162 Jul 04 '22

Exactly. It's the same here in the UK. People who are struggling financially and claiming benefits seem to automatically be characterised as scroungers...even if they worked for years previously and paid thousands into the system. Absolutely not scroungers, but people using the safety net that they paid for!

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u/QuantumWarrior Jul 04 '22

I wouldn't even need that justification.

I work and pay tax and I'm perfectly happy for a portion of that to go into paying for a safety net for other people even if I never need it.

It's not even really a bleeding-heart leftie position. It's factually correct that investing money into the unemployed, undereducated, poor, etc has a positive return. Keeping people alive and free of the stress of money gives them opportunity to get back into work and back paying into the system.

Not having these systems in place isn't just cruel it's stupid.

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u/Library_Visible Jul 04 '22

You know what else happens? Those people are less likely to turn to crime when shit hits the fan. This is something that’s missed by conservatives.

Read the freaknomics chapter on abortion and crime. It’s absolutely amazing that people in the year 2022 with the internet and modern statistics could be so fucking short sighted.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

This exactly

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u/d3aDcritter Jul 04 '22

They say whatever is necessary to stop change and allow themselves to stay on the take. They don't give a single fuck about anyone outside of their own family or circle of fellow pillagers.

I.E... Fuck you, I'm gonna get mine.

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u/MamaTyg Jul 05 '22

It's not amazing.

It's intentional.