Re: City of Beijing announces Job Gaurantee

[Bruce McFarling <ecbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 23:20 04/04/02 -0800, John O'Donnell wrote:
>Bruce McFarling wrote:
><<SNIP>>
>> If the dole is income support payments received by
>> unemployed unable to find work, how can everyone be
>> put on the dole, other than by throwing everyone out
>> of work?
>>I used the term "dole" as a reference to payments made by
>government to individuals independent of any requirement for
>compensatory work and not limited to payments conditioned on
>being unemployed.

The question, though, is that since the term "dole"
means income support conditioned on being unemployed,
what is the POINT of using it to mean something else.
It's like saying, "When I say food stamps, I mean a
monetary payment made by governments to individuals
independent of any requirement that it be spent on
food."  Obviously that explanation would probably
clarify an otherwise incomprehensible argument, but
it wouldn't make clear why anyone would want to use
the term in such a confusing/deceptive manner.

Virtually,

Bruce McFarling, New Lambton, NSW
ecbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx