also, i don't see what the point would be if the cost is positive.
i am okay with people being motivated to have a job rather than not have one.
i'm currently living at the povery line (maybe hovering a little above it) and there seem to be lots of good reasons to stay here. I think i qualify for all kinds of things like low tax rates, free health care, reduced rent, food stamps... and i live a very lazy beach life. i have no motivation to ever make more money than this because my life is very easy.
you know... i have actually personally known people who've begged NOT to get raises because a raise would put them into the next tax bracket and their take-home pay would decrease. i know it's off topic, but what kind of bullshit society would encourage this?
i'm really surprised everyone doesn't just buy a 1 way ticket to hawaii and become a homeless beach bum. free health care, $200+ a month in food stamps, free hot meals 3 times a day, all the surfing and the sunning and the leisure time you could ever want.
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Date: 2009-11-19 03:26 am (UTC)i am okay with people being motivated to have a job rather than not have one.
i'm currently living at the povery line (maybe hovering a little above it) and there seem to be lots of good reasons to stay here. I think i qualify for all kinds of things like low tax rates, free health care, reduced rent, food stamps... and i live a very lazy beach life. i have no motivation to ever make more money than this because my life is very easy.
you know... i have actually personally known people who've begged NOT to get raises because a raise would put them into the next tax bracket and their take-home pay would decrease. i know it's off topic, but what kind of bullshit society would encourage this?
i'm really surprised everyone doesn't just buy a 1 way ticket to hawaii and become a homeless beach bum. free health care, $200+ a month in food stamps, free hot meals 3 times a day, all the surfing and the sunning and the leisure time you could ever want.