American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer

Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by petre on Saturday December 17, 2016 @01:12AM (#13199542)

What did you expect? India has a huge population. They all need jobs to support their families. So the local gov't has it covered. Would you prefer three of those five people being engaged in a riot and the other two, on gov't payroll, beating the shit out of them? I guess this pretty much ilustrates the difference between East and West. Mr. Rushdie has a book with short stories on that.

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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by citruspi on Saturday December 17, 2016 @02:18AM (#13199725)

> India has a huge population. They all need jobs to support their families. So the local gov't has it covered.

Yup, completely agree.

> Would you prefer three of those five people being engaged in a riot and the other two, on gov't payroll, beating the shit out of them?

To clarify, in this scenario, are you saying that there are three unemployed people rioting and two other people on a government payroll (presumably po-po?) who are beating the shit out of the rioters?

Honestly, _ideally_, I'd want to see universal basic income so that people who don't have jobs don't feel the need to riot. I'd want to see everyone's basic needs supported.

Having said that, that's my idealism showing and I don't know how this would realistically work. My background in economics is weak to put it simply and I don't know if this could scale to a population the size of India's.

> Mr. Rushdie has a book with short stories on that.

Taking a look at his bibliography[0], he's written quite a few novels, any specific one(s) that you'd recommend?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie#Bibliography

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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by petre on Saturday December 17, 2016 @02:04PM (#13201906)

I doubt basic income would work. People with too much time on their hands will riot anyway, eventually. Work keeps people busy, even if it's low paid work, provided work conditions are okay.

East, West is a nice collection of short stories that would give you a taste of his writing style. Also The Groung Beneath her Feet is quite popular.

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Re:American Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer by jstanley on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:56AM (#13200715)

> Would you prefer three of those five people being engaged in a riot and the other two, on gov't payroll, beating the shit out of them?

I'd prefer them doing something productive instead of standing around wasting tax money.

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