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wouldn't that lead to a lot of job losses in the nursing homes / facilities sectors?


Yeah. It isn't worth people making bad decisions to support other people's jobs. A key part of what makes a job a job is the worker, in some sense, creating more value for others than the personal cost to themselves.

If people are better off doing something for themselves, then it is a net win if they do. The nursing home employees can go and do something else.


> what makes a job a job is the worker, in some sense, creating more value for others than the personal cost to themselves.

"in some sense" really means in a collective sense. Not everyone falls into the safety net, but those that do certainly could exceed, in expenses, what they paid into the system. That's OK and totally fair.




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