Maria, I have difficulty hiring people to work in my business. No special skills or education. No past experience. $20/hour. I give my biz card to "the homeless" who panhandle on the street corner. None ever show up for a job. I think they're making more (tax free) cash than I am in their panhandling.
The only "modern day slavery" IMO is the middle class worker who "slaves away" every damn day to earn a good livelihood for their family but who then loses (over) 50% of their earnings to taxes, (too) much of what goes to support those deadbeats who do not WANT a job. Wealth re-distribution.
😂🤣🤣The reason you’re homeless people don’t turn up is because they have too xterm mental health issues to maintain regular employment, or they have extreme addiction problems, which again, makes regular employment an impossible dream.
Yes, I said it, a DREAM. A home. A family. A career. Coming home tired but happy every evening to wonderful PETS you can keep because you own a home. To children, a husband who loves you and doesn’t hurt you or throw you out every 5 mins. The satisfaction you are taking care of your family....a holiday to look forward....FRIENDS yes colleagues at work to talk to. Walking up each day without a feeling of dread, misery or psychotic episodes, even.
This is not a tough life or slavery!!!! How laughable! I don’t know about over taxation where you are, I agree they waste our taxes. But don’t for one moment think the disenfranchised, the lonely, the unemployed poor and lost to society ENJOY or are better off than the warm comfort of a middle class or working class but normal life. Everyone has their struggles....illness, bereavement etc of course. A Young couple I know who have it all just endured a still birth. But those people you speak of endure that pain too, but without support.
THe opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It’s CONNECTION.
NB I can’t imagine homeless or jobless people turning down £20 an hour where I live!! Not those without mental health issues, that is.