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From reading boards on the internet one could have assumed Ron Paul would be President and Body Scanner Opt-Out Day would have more than a dozen participants.
I was never late for work.
Had a great work ethic. I did my best, above and beyond.
Hardly ever called in sick, even though I should have a few times. Maybe once every few years.
I was honest and accurate with cash control and invantory.
Could always be counted on to help out when others would not.
You too, good luck my friend I love your attitude.
Even for physically demanding jobs, I hear people saying policemen need to retire after 20 years because of physical requirements I say bull**** they don't need to be on patrol there is so much routine investigative work that they could be shifted to. Home or car burglary happens? Send the old guy to interview, take pictures, dust for prints, file a report, etc. and leave the younger guys on patrol.
No one ever deserves a job. I want a true free market system very much. If a person was guaranteed a job, what incentive would they have to even try?
If you knew your job was secure, no matter what...would you try that hard at work?
If you knew you would have a job right after graduating college...would you even bother to study?
Guaranteed employment creates incentives for laziness
The ideal is a free-market system with some "protections". I agree with what you say about "incentives for laziness", but then what about people who are not lazy but are "unemployable" because of unfair discrimination (i.e. age, or credit report (which right now is often simply because they were unemployed and have no income), etc.). While guarantees are an incentive for laziness, lack of protections are an incentive for desititution and suicide and great costs to society.
The ideal is a free-market system with some "protections". I agree with what you say about "incentives for laziness", but then what about people who are not lazy but are "unemployable" because of unfair discrimination (i.e. age, or credit report (which right now is often simply because they were unemployed and have no income), etc.). While guarantees are an incentive for laziness, lack of protections are an incentive for desititution and suicide and great costs to society.
True, a degree of regulation is necessary to prevent against discrimination as well as monopolies...
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Originally Posted by alphamale
You just described labor unions.
Someone got my point! If you want to see how effective it is when everyone is guaranteed a job...look at the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of labor unions or government work.
God help us if all of private industry worked the same way as a labor union.
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