re: #36 Obdicut

Jesus. I say that it’s a position nobody would hold, and you say that obviously I hold that position?

What the hell, dude? How can that make sense in your head?

Since you’re obviously going to refuse to get over this: I don’t think that people should get whatever they ask for, no. I think that we should have a more robust safety net, with better public housing, longer-term programs, better get-back-to-work initiatives, etc. I feel that what we have now leads to homelessness for too many families, which is an enormous economic cost to the nation and I’d prefer to address it before it got to that stage.

I agree with the above. Where we appear to disagree is on the responsibility of all of us to compensate individuals for the consequences of exercising legal rights. One of the things you mention is that people are “striking for a living wage”. I don’t think this is always true, and I don’t think every strike is justified. I support the right to strike, and bargain collectively - I posted a piece on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on the fron page.

The legislation iceweasel posted about here probably sucks, and is probably subversive to workers’ rights. But a discussion about the limits of, and access to, public support is perfectly legitimate without getting frustrated.