Re:The K-shaped recovery
by jlokier on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:29PM
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I'm in Europe too. It's not solved, and it's very common indeed. At any time there are millions of unpaid carers. For many of them full-time work is completely infeasible, and for many others part-time work is infeasible as well.
Heck, for some even getting out to the shops is difficult, as how do you go out if you need to stay with your cared for person all the time.
Maybe you'd consider it solved if you count the benefits on which so many carers rely; certainly not without them.
Even then, I find it striking that benefits for carers where I live are lower than benefits for an unemployed person. As though a carer needs less to live on.
Heck, for some even getting out to the shops is difficult, as how do you go out if you need to stay with your cared for person all the time.
Maybe you'd consider it solved if you count the benefits on which so many carers rely; certainly not without them.
Even then, I find it striking that benefits for carers where I live are lower than benefits for an unemployed person. As though a carer needs less to live on.