[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ot only does jobless compensation make securing work less of a pressing issue, it also raises the cost of luring workers from the sidelines. Indeed, in deciding whether to take on new employment, the unemployed must consider the wage offered through the prism of what will be lost thanks to the cessation of government paychecks.

[vision-master]

I hope you end up @ Home Depot working part-time afternoon and weekends for $9.

This would be a good lesson for you.

We can pray for this blessing to come and pass....

[mattduke]

The truth hurts sometimes, I know. Maybe if we wish really hard, we can conjure a free lunch.

[vision-master]

Econmonic growth is dead in it's current configuration. The whole system is comming apart @ the seams. We all know effects of Peak Oil will be the final nail in the coffen.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'E')conmonic growth is dead in it's current configuration. The whole system is comming apart @ the seams. We all know effects of Peak Oil will be the final nail in the coffen.

[vision-master]

Nope, the Whole World MUST change, or we are doomed.

Listen to pstarr.

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'E')conmonic growth is dead in it's current configuration. The whole system is comming apart @ the seams. We all know effects of Peak Oil will be the final nail in the coffen.

[Lore]

This sounds like something that would come out of Forbes.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ot only does jobless compensation make securing work less of a pressing issue, it also raises the cost of luring workers from the sidelines. Indeed, in deciding whether to take on new employment, the unemployed must consider the wage offered through the prism of what will be lost thanks to the cessation of government paychecks.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'T')he only real benefit would be another jump in the wealth of the top tier of income makers.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'T')he only real benefit would be another jump in the wealth of the top tier of income makers.

[Kristen]

Taking away unemployment benefits would be madness! I know having any sort of compassion for other people is out of style, but give it a try sometimes.

[SeaGypsy]

One of the prime economic effects of deleting unemployment benefits is associated security costs. Very soon a neighborhood can become somewhere you do not walk around in, thus more car dependency. More depression associated costs for preventative and post suicidal and or violent behaviour.
More of that most horrific of crimes: family murder suicide.

If this is really about productivity, simplify red tape and delete 3/4 of the paper shuffling middle class.

[PrestonSturges]

Forbes was at the forefront of offshoring American jobs. They were advocating exporting all our jobs back in the 1980s. Now Steve Forbes is pushing the flat tax (huge savings for him, massive tax increase for you).

[pup55]

One man's unemployment benefits are another man's revenue stream. Do you think that the Dollar General and the Wally Mart would be doing as well as they are without the mammary gland of the social welfare system? We can think of some other beneficiaries....

They can conjecture all they want but there is no threat that this stuff will go anywhere....there's too much money to be made.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 'O')ne man's unemployment benefits are another man's revenue stream. Do you think that the Dollar General and the Wally Mart would be doing as well as they are without the mammary gland of the social welfare system? We can think of some other beneficiaries....

They can conjecture all they want but there is no threat that this stuff will go anywhere....there's too much money to be made.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kristen', 'T')aking away unemployment benefits would be madness! I know having any sort of compassion for other people is out of style, but give it a try sometimes.

[paimei01]

Why do you want to work ?
You like it. No problem here.

You want money. Why do you want money ?
To live - to buy stuff you need to survive. Food, water, shelter.
To - have fun, buy a Ferrari, stay at the hotel.
Wait ! Look, I have fun when I - paint. Or - I have fun running around. Or - I have fun and I need less money than you for it.

But we both need food, water, shelter. I don't care how rich you are, you need these. Everyone does. Share the work for these (not for COMMUNISM) but because everyone has a right to these. if you don't see this right - you are looking for trouble. War, crime, Robin Hood, whatever. "Universal healthcare" - without universal basic stuff ? Make a system where people can have direct access to the work - and the results, just for food, water shelter. Simple things. No money involved. Using all the technology, and knowledge they have - it means little work for all. 1 month a year - max. Then people are free to have fun however they want. Work more, bigger shelter, expensive food, hotel (if the hotel finds workers to maintain it - the time suddenly increases in value for all free humans - free to do what they want, the basics are easy to get, as they should be with all this technology!) Nobody forced to join the basic system. You are free to - not join it, if you have other sources... I am sure 80% would join it. And will never want to come back to this madness.

More here:
http://paimei01.blogspot.com/2009/08/wh ... -work.html

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hat revenue stream was subtracted from someone else.

[diemos]

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

This is true if the limiting factor in fish production is availability of fishermen.

If the limiting factor in fish production is availability of fish then all you've accomplished is to create a rat's ass bastard who is going to be down at the pond stealing your fish.

Today the limiting factor in the world's ability to produce wealth isn't availability of labor, its availability of energy.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('diemos', 'G')ive a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

This is true if the limiting factor in fish production is availability of fishermen.

If the limiting factor in fish production is availability of fish then all you've accomplished is to create a rat's ass bastard who is going to be down at the pond stealing your fish.

Today the limiting factor in the world's ability to produce wealth isn't availability of labor, its availability of energy.