Friday, 7 June 2019

Getting poorer while working harder: The 'cliff effect'

quote [ This complicated and frustrating challenge is just one symptom of an overarching problem. In addition to boosting wages, it will take major policy changes, like making child care more universally available and affordable, to offset the skyrocketing costs of living for American workers. ]

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snowfox said @ 8:20pm GMT on 7th June
Anecdote time!

My a man my mother was engaged to has a daughter with Down's Syndrome. Having a job would have been good for her confidence and built a sense of independence, but the amount she would have made would have been counted against her disability benefits, so she never got that job.

She lives in assisted living now, has her own apartment and a helper who stops by once a week to assist with errands and other things she might need. She is much happier and her sister no longer has to look after her.

That's just one of so many ways to end up in a position where working has no or negative economic benefit. Working itself is a virtue only in the sense that people want to do something; it's essential to our mental health to do things. When we encourage people not to do things, the drop in their well-being costs us something too.


snowfox said @ 8:21pm GMT on 7th June
Anecdote time!

A man my mother was engaged to has a daughter with Down's Syndrome. Having a job would have been good for her confidence and built a sense of independence, but the amount she would have made would have been counted against her disability benefits, so she never got that job.

She lives in assisted living now, has her own apartment and a helper who stops by once a week to assist with errands and other things she might need. She is much happier and her sister no longer has to look after her.

That's just one of so many ways to end up in a position where working has no or negative economic benefit. Working itself is a virtue only in the sense that people want to do something; it's essential to our mental health to do things. When we encourage people not to do things, the drop in their well-being costs us something too.



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snowfox said @ 8:20pm GMT on 7th June [Score:1 Underrated]
Anecdote time!

A man my mother was engaged to has a daughter with Down's Syndrome. Having a job would have been good for her confidence and built a sense of independence, but the amount she would have made would have been counted against her disability benefits, so she never got that job.

She lives in assisted living now, has her own apartment and a helper who stops by once a week to assist with errands and other things she might need. She is much happier and her sister no longer has to look after her.

That's just one of so many ways to end up in a position where working has no or negative economic benefit. Working itself is a virtue only in the sense that people want to do something; it's essential to our mental health to do things. When we encourage people not to do things, the drop in their well-being costs us something too.




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