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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by ryandrake on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:38AM (#44411033)
Why is paying for roads justifiable, but providing people a safety net not justifiable?
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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by Workaccount2 on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:53PM (#44415843)
Because people don't treat it as a "safety net" and instead use it as a "living net".

There is some contingent of people who will just not participate in society no matter what. So the question becomes where do we set the bar - the lower this bar, the smaller that contingent.

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