OK, how is paying someone not to work going to boost employment?
“OK, how is paying someone not to work going to boost employment?”
In other schemes the idea was they would buy stuff; cars, apartments, food, TV’s. Having dealt in the rental business I can tell you that people in this position will spend their money on cigarettes, beer and pot before they buy even food.
The theory from liberals:
* they’ll go to school and become better prepared for work!
* the parents can stay home until childcare isn’t an issue, cheaper than standard welfare
* those with disability will recover and then go to work
* we assume they’ll improve themselves like taking low paying jobs and classes because they don’t have to hunt for a degrading high paying job
* maybe they’ll be able to start a business that they couldn’t when afraid of how they’d pay the bills