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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I used to think that too. But the figures on how strongly happiness and health correlate to the strength of your social support network changed my mind.
25 year olds picking up stakes and moving across the country to improve their income from $60k to $80k has economic value. But it if means abandoning their social network, it may have negative consequences that go beyond the economic calculus.
There’s a civic good in people living around friends and family - especially parents raising children. If viable schools and hospitals in Brandon and Saint John help keep young adults in a community where they have the support of parents and friends, which in turn help sustain marriages, families, and mental health, then that’s good value for public investment.
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People move towards where they can find better paying jobs and support their families.
Equalization does not make make a poor part of the country create more jobs.
Jobs is what truly funds all the things you are saying is important.
If one region of the country is better at creating those jobs, they shouldn't be punished because of it. Especially under the ridiculous idea that we should now equate equalization payments as 'good value for public investment.'
