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Why work for free in the long run? There are not enough perfect jobs to go around. How do the others find motivation? Throwing money at a problem is a child's solution.


> Throwing money at a problem is a child's solution

Interesting take. So does that also apply to automotive manufacturer bailouts, bank bailouts, corn subsidies, oil subsidies, etc?


I don’t think $6k/year gets you to working for free.

At least, it certainly doesn’t for me.


It get's you 6,000 less motivations to improve your situation and by extension improve society.


It literally gave them the ability to improve their situation. They could afford to take days off to interview for a better job because of this. Poverty is a trap most can’t afford to escape.

It boggles my mind how people can read a headline that states an observed fact and then come with an opinion that that fact that happened just won’t happen.


If that were true, than paying any satisfactory wage at all would be highly harmful to society; in fact for optimal societal benefit, all persons should be kept under severe duress at all times, to ensure sufficient and continuous motivation.


Wow you obviously didn’t even read the article.




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