me: >> The quote has been applied to describe the situation in rich countries.
michael perelman wrote: > I think that some of the long-term unemployed in the US might agree > with her. Jim, your earlier note on disability insurance suggests, of > course, that unemployed people in the US have some modest supports. Having modest supports moderates the validity of her statement, but it doesn't negate it. There are some young people who have no responsibilities who can do better on unemployment insurance benefits than they do in a paid job, but that's a small exception. (I know a professional economist -- who shall remain nameless -- who was one of these lucky people.) The UI system has bureaucratic means to weed them out, by the way. -- Jim Devine / "An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support." -- John Buchan _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
