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This quote is followed by percentages of jobs being at risk.
But I find it not convincing at all. There are measures society can take to care for the unemployed. And realistically speaking, I look forward to a future where AI and automation makes most of our manual labor jobs obsolete.
Rise of the rent-seeker https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2017/08/03/un...
Henry George and even Adam Smith identified the problems centuries ago and yet here we are.
>> In the US, employment status and your employer determine your access to health-care I have spotted the problem. As usual, America wins the absurdity trophy.
Isn’t it case in most of the world, including many EU countries? Please don’t bring up the “free” healthcare, unviersal healthcare can really mistreat one for whom contributions are not paid.
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>But more often than not, it shows an inability to manage ones finances and staying within a reasonable band of spending You know what home economics taught me in high school? How to sew a tennis racket cover and how to make a beaded lizard keychain/zipper pull. You know what it didn't teach? Balancing a check book, taxes, 19%+ interest rates on credit, emergency fund savings, how to deal with sudden unemployment, ho…
I don't think anyone will argue that the US public education system is teaching its students what it should be about personal finances and money management. It's a disgrace, frankly. > I was paying my debts monthly, barely, that wasn't good enough for one of the lenders and they sued me in small claims. I'm sorry but there is definitely information missing here. If you were making the full minimum payment you wouldn'…
I can, somewhat. I also had a similar situation (although much less serious) where I was supposedly "served" paperwork.
Basically process fraud is endemic in the debt collection "industry" - from the brief research I did years ago. I won my case mostly off this and the judge being sick of having to grant default judgement to these "pocket filers".
Some states are far worse than others due to laws such as pocket filing, etc.
The real problem is there is no real fear of punishment from a process server lying to the court. The worst I've seen happen is someone lose their job.
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Just vote for smarter politicians. If you are out of job: - The goverment should pay your health insurance, or it should be free. If you are in job: - You employer should pay your healh insurance (for GOVERMENT not for private indistry). The rate should be fixed or as fixed percentage of your income - the same no matter if you have any illness or not. This system works in Europe flawlessly. 3 pillars of socialism: -…
Point of government is not to give but, you know, to govern. In communist countries millions of people were killed, so you probably should pick better examples.
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If you ever need anyone to talk to text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime for free.[0] There may be many reasons why some employers don't hire you, but don't forget that there are many reasons why they will hire you . Rejection doesn't mean that you are not a great person, it means that you, the company and the role might not be a good fit for each other. And that is OK. It's more than OK bec…
I'm not suicidal, but thanks.
Work may kill us, but I've also seen enough people die shortly after retirement to be a bit suspicious. It really depends on how much your career is a part of your identity.
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You can chose to not have a job. There are plenty of people like this. Yes, they don't have same amount of money and conveniences, but hey hey, this is your life and you only have one. If you see yourself being fulfilled by doing something else - no one can stop you.
There's a point to that. It sort of depends on the country, the US is pretty good about having people live like it pleases them, but others are not. In Scandinavia I don't really see any good way of avoid some kind of job. There a some expenses that aren't necessarily tied to any particular living standard. What really surprises me is that politicians (Danish in my cases), refuse to discus the idea of reducing the le…
I think everyone should see where their bar is in needs vs free time and manage that. I'd love to drop 30% of my working hours and income accordingly as you said as well :) Hope this will be an option in our future.