12-06-2018, 06:17 PM
(12-06-2018, 05:53 PM)michaelsean Wrote: There's already a work requirement. They just discussed expanding it. Especially the one that changes it from 49 to 59. If requiring someone to work 20 hours a week if they are healthy and have no minor dependents and are between 50 and 60 is draconian then I guess that's what i am. We are talking any job, 4 hours a day. I'm not sure what the objection is.
Edit: And I wouldn't object to having some sort of job training substituting for working.
It's all subjective. If you have someone who believes in policies like a federal job guarantee or a guaranteed living wage or something like that, then this is absolutely draconian. If you're a neo-liberal, free market type, then it isn't.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
