Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem?
by clarry on Friday November 25, 2016 @06:28PM
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There are more goods than just smartphones. Arguably more important ones too.
Rent, food, energy, all the things you need to live are getting more expensive with inflation. The welfare system is lagging behind and the benefits need to be bumped a little every year or so or it gets harder and harder to live on them. Unfortunately we apparently can't always seem to afford to increase the benefits. For instance student benefits in Finland were "cut" by simply not increasing them in accordance with the index.
Prices for goods just need to keep dropping, as they have already been doing to.
If they keep dropping, then our existing welfare system will handle the rest.
If the percent money that society spends in welfare state the same, and goods get cheaper and cheaper, then that means that living off welfare will eventually be a pretty sweet deal, able to provide all your wants and needs.