• Brkdncr@artemis.camp
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    1 year ago

    In one hand, voluntary unemployment funded by taxes seems unfair.

    On the other, fuck the man. The wealth imbalance needs to be fixed and this is a step in the correct direction.

    • Kache@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Unfair how? It’s paid by employers, so kinda makes sense to me, i.e. employer caused the loss of livelihood, so they pay for the benefit to the recently unemployed.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not in or from the US, but I’m guessing unemployment doesn’t pay enough to live the good life? Should just be enough to keep you alive?

      If you want to leave you shouldn’t worry about starving in the pursuit of better employment imo

      • Brkdncr@artemis.camp
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        1 year ago

        Unemployment is not for when people decide to leave a job. It’s for when your employer lays you off. Going on strike is much different than being laid off.