The people with jobs paying taxes aren't very happy to support freeloaders simply taking unemployment because they don't want to work.
Unfortunately many of my tax dollars go to fund a military I find ethically abhorrent instead of improving the quality of life in the US.
I worked a shitty job to get through college, it's a stepping stone.
These jobs aren't meant to live on. They should be used as part time jobs for people transitioning in their careers, like students.
When you give handouts to people who don't want to work you are not doing them any favors. They become reliant and trapped in that loop.
That's not to say there shouldn't be a safety net with strict qualifications. You're doing no service to the people who need it by allowing those who don't.
We should be spending money creating new, better paying jobs, not new social programs.
"Fast food work is a stepping stone to a better job!"
Have you been to a McDonalds or Wendys recently? Most of the workers are in their 30s-40s+. The concept of a low-wage "stepping stone" job is a fallacy that people have subscribed to to justify paying unlivable wages.
> We should be spending money creating new, better paying jobs, not new social programs.
Don't speak for me please.
Also, I'm not talking about the people who need support, I'm talking about the people taking advantage and staying on unemployment because they don't want to work.
If someone chooses to not be employed and it brings them basic needs and recuperation, then I see the system working well.
When others see that you can just give up and get paid, they will also become burnouts.
Eventually you will run out of other people's money.
Here's an idea: next time there's an oil spill, lets take the money for cleanup out of the executives' bank accounts (and investments, and properties) before we dig into the public coffers. Then we can talk about freeloaders at the bottom.