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Re:Will the rich world’s worker deficit last? by wincy on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:10PM (#28217070)
I don’t know how but my sister and my brother in law bought a brand new Harley in the middle of the pandemic, while they were both unemployed and collecting benefits.

Pretty discouraging to me, I feel like a sap that I kept working. Why do they get twice as much assistance when my wife doesn’t work because we decided to have her be a stay at home mom?

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Re:Will the rich world’s worker deficit last? by rtpg on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @02:10AM (#28218166)
Even $20,000 is not $500,000.

The obvious answer to your last question is not that your sister and BIL should not get assistance, but that your wife should also get more assistance. We don't do enough to support people across the country. 2020 showed some rare aid to people in a reasonable fashion (at least for a couple of months). We can do more of that.

We have fiat currency after all, let's take advantage of it!

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