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You could say the same about the orange pedo's recruitment of subservient goons into ICE, and even all his other appointments.

Not only is it not a good argument, the real-world data shows a positive correlation between more generous social benefits and more people entering the workforce.

Tax revenues are already in the shithouse because the largest accumulation of wealth isn't paying tax. Tax all the billionaires properly and you get a couple of trillions in taxes. Suddenly society will be able to afford a lot of things.

The most common argument I get from people is that their hard earned money would be taxed to go to the undeserving.

I personally don't mind paying my share of taxes as long as it's being used responsibly. I am a little upset that the ones with the most wealth don't pay their fair share.

Capitalists want a workforce that is desperate and does not have basic needs met. So the argument is that if people aren't desperate enough they won't work? Think about medical care. If you owned a factory wouldn't you want workers to show up, healthy and fed and ready to work? Sure they do, but they would rather have desperate people who have no choice but to work for pennies, who can't afford to take time off to vote or strike.

While thinking about this some time ago, I looked into health care and how much it costs a country related to what the people actually get. Most European countries spend around 20% of their budget on healthcare, and get almost free healthcare in return. The US also spends around 20% on healthcare, and we all know what that gets you. So society can easily afford it, it's just that in the US healthcare funds don't go to the people, they go to the rich.

The second point, where people with needs met will not work, is not true. After 1 year of paid unemployment, life becomes extremely boring and dull. Even if you are housed, clothed, fed and healthy, you'll want more things from life. You'll want money to do fun activities and go places, buy a nicer house, car, phone, clothes, etc. I literally know a UK guy that would get £200/month less if he would work (which is a different problem) but he's still considering it because he feels like a leech and simply has too much time on his hands.

let’s not build a straw man.

walking in with a couple of button's for eyes and a straw hat

"oh... okay..."

It's a cool place.

POV: you're Zule

Fridge cam is best cam. Alton Brown proved that years ago.

Why aren’t people rushing to commit war crimes for senile Caligula?

And if those benefits were provided to everyone, they'd have an even harder time. The people who want to cut social spending are the same ones who want to spend trillions on useless wars, and they need people to be desperate enough to sign up to be cannon fodder for the billionaire war mongers to make money off of.

Mostly because those benefits have been constantly under attack by the people most of the usual recruiting pool tends to vote for.

We'll give you everything if you go die somewhere far, over bullshit reasons made up by people who've avoided service apparently isn't as appealing.

Yeah, any individual that is "fortunate" enough to not have any issues that make them unusable for the purpose of Cannon Fodder.