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Re:The Rise of Men Who Don’t Work – And What They Do Instead by fredophile on Friday December 12, 2014 @11:26AM (#8740931)
It's actually more likely that your A and B scenarios are the same. I'd consider a more realistic A scenario to be:

I start earning $200. My welfare decreases by $200. My expenses increase by $100 (transportation to/from work, childcare while at work, clothes specifically for work, etc).

Once you realize that work usually has more costs than just time A and B become the same.

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Re:The Rise of Men Who Don’t Work – And What They Do Instead by xrange on Friday December 12, 2014 @11:45AM (#8741082)
It is even worse than that. Now you are spending X hours per day being told what to do, instead of spending X hours doing whatever you want.
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Re:The Rise of Men Who Don’t Work – And What They Do Instead by Fomite on Friday December 12, 2014 @11:46AM (#8741091)
There are some scenarios, usually at income thresholds for various benefits, that the B scenario is manifestly true even without expenses - earn another dollar, and you'll lose money.
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