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This.
A revamping of the WFTD system - to have people on the dole doing internships/entry-level positions with the possibility of moving to full employment after the trial period - would be vastly superior to the current system.
Yep
There are also people in the community who are worth $1 an hour or even have a negative value by their participation from a pure economic sense.
However everyone should have a place in our society and a right (and obligation) to participate. Even if that’s just a few hours a week and doing something most wouldn’t consider work. Ie a person with severe Down syndrome, participating in an art class with the best piece displayed in a community area.
Their participation should be rewarded appropriately through integration of social welfare and paid work.
Of course there will be issues in its operation but that’s a small price to pay for diversity. Who knows, we may have lower health costs or judicial costs if we looked after our most vulnerable better.