Re: City of Beijing announces Job Gaurantee

[Bill Mitchell <ecwfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:15 04/06/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> Quoting Bill Mitchell <ecwfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I suggest you see this in the context of the two welfare support
> systems run
> by the US and australia. They are very different and once you perceive the
> differences the "tremendous difference" you wish to highlight becomes rather
> less tremendous.
> >
> > best wishes
> > bill
>
> John Doe is unemployed. John Doe has the right to a welfare check of $W pr
> month. Comes Mitchell's Job Guarantee. John Doe is offered to paint
> schoolyard
> fences for $W pr month. John Doe says no. John Doe gets no money.
>
> Jane Roe is unemployed. Jane Roe has the right to a welfare check of $W pr
> month. Comes ELR. Jane Roe is offered to paint schoolyard fences for $W pr
> month. Jane Roe says no. John Doe gets a welfare check of $W pr month.
>
> How can this not be a tremendous difference? What else can be more important
> than to keep people afloat cash-wise?

Please read Bruce's excellent post carefully. It spells it out well.

You obviously have no idea of the different structure of unemployment
support, work-for-dole
programs, breaching, the structure of FaCs, the structure and ambit of
DEWR, and all the
rest of the detail. If you did you would not be making these
unsubstantiated allegations.

best wishes
bill


William F. Mitchell
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