Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Ya think? There you go with those basic tenants of human understanding again.

They might not get a fast job but they may get a faster unemployment check or social services benefit.

rant/

All this boils down to is that you don't REALLY know what's going on in others' lives (or what your future holds that may have you changing your tune quickly--although you wouldn't announce it). You can see someone everyday and not know what assistance they receive in paying their bills every month. You don't know how much money they have in their bank or investments. Some people don't know whether or not their parents used to (or still do) struggle and that also goes for parents with high ranking and high paying careers. You don't know what people are doing to stay afloat and the costs-benefits analyses they have done to determine whether they are able to take a low paying temporary job. Since we don't know, people need to remember context and that nothing is fool proof. We already know (and said pages ago) that things CAN work, sometimes DO work, and that people should NOT be lazy jackasses.

Other than that, based on the redundancy in this thread, I don't think the rest of you really disagree with us (unlike Kevin). You only want to disagree with us.

/rant

Well, I never said I disagree with anyone, I just said I agree with a lot (not all) of things that Kevin said. What you said here makes sense, too. I just think this is one of those debates where no one is really wrong. There's some truth to every posts here except for the posts where nasty, unnecessary racial comments by Max were used.