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Why am I stupid enough to work?

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Tukaram Posted: Mon, Nov 9 2009 10:13 PM

So I was reading article on the homepage about the implicit marginal tax rate and I think I got the message.  Down at the bottom of the article it list all kinds of benefits I could get if I were just a little bit poorer.  If I were take a $8,000 a year pay cut I would be in the right range to receive about $27,800 in benefits.  Since the Constitution guarantees me food stamps, section 8, Medicaid etc why exactly do I work?

Or did I miss the message of the article?   Cool

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Tukaram:

f I were take a $8,000 a year pay cut I would be in the right range to receive about $27,800 in benefits.  Since the Constitution guarantees me food stamps, section 8, Medicaid etc why exactly do I work?

Because you're not a thief?

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Tukaram replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 10:25 PM

Damn my parents for raising me right! (it's always the parents fault)

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Esuric replied on Mon, Nov 9 2009 10:28 PM

Tukaram:
So I was reading article on the homepage about the implicit marginal tax rate and I think I got the message.  Down at the bottom of the article it list all kinds of benefits I could get if I were just a little bit poorer.  If I were take a $8,000 a year pay cut I would be in the right range to receive about $27,800 in benefits.  Since the Constitution guarantees me food stamps, section 8, Medicaid etc why exactly do I work?

Because Marx says that labor is an absolutely vital component of your well-being, wage or no wage (in fact, he says wages are evil!).

"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."

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Esuric:
Because Marx says that labor is an absolutely vital component of your well-being, wage or no wage (in fact, he says wages are evil!).

A lovely gift from the Calvinist British economists.

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Kakugo replied on Tue, Nov 10 2009 12:29 AM

Yes, sometimes I wonder that too... Indifferent

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