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Originally Posted by woj
where is the inconsistency?
I think you are misunderstanding who is creating the problem...
how is it business's fault that their employees are leeching off the government/tax payer tit?
Business needs some help, they hire someone for $8/hr, why would it be business' problem that the person working has 3 kids and can't support them? and why should the business be blamed that person is getting some freebies from the government? (the issue is between the person working and the government, it has nothing to do with the business that hired them)
it sounds like you support government subsidies for the people, but then twist it around and call it a subsidy for the business?  |
It's not a misunderstanding, but I wanted to show that yes there is an inconsistency. We hear all the time about welfare queens and how our tax dollars are wasted by people that should get a job.
Well there are two sides of that coin and the inconsistency comes when the very people whom bitch and moan about welfare queens, turn blind eye to corporations whom abuse the system and cost tax payers money.
Consistency would mean, that you share the same discontent for both groups, not excusing one due to them being a corporate entity doing business. As was stated earlier by another, if your business model depends on your workers using social services to survive, then your business model is not sustainable and the tax payers should not be left with the burden.
I'm all for welfare reform, but I also want to see a end to corporations leaving the tax payers holding the bag, because they don't pay people enough to live on. We have a minimum wage for a reason, it just hasn't risen with inflation.