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Originally Posted by blankall
Eliminate abuse? Not likely. Once again, people on the lower end will abuse the system by not working or reporting taxes. People on the upper end will abuse the system via tax avoidance. People horribly abuse our current system, both poor and rich alike, offering more social funding is likely to allow more opportunity for abuse, not less.
Also, no one ever said poor people are lazy. You're purposely distorting my argument in an attempt to provide yourself with moral high ground. Yes, I think it would be great if all Canadian citizens were guaranteed what they want. My concern is with the reality of creating such a system.
A lot of lower end jobs are soul crushing and not satisfying in any way and only provide enough income for people to sustain themselves. Many people also do under the table work, that they do not report.
If the choice is between cleaning toilets every day for minimum wage and staying at home and side-hustling for extras every now and again, it's not a choice at all. Certain jobs are so bad that the only motivation to perform them is survival.
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And you are ok with that?
It doesn't take much of a moral highground to get above - "people should be destitute so I can have someone clean my toilet for minimum wage."
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