[newton_dave]

> It helps keep the framework of society together.

A joke, yes?

[pchristensen]

I'm pretty sure he was serious. Large masses of unemployed people aren't good news for anyone. While having a dream job beats having a lousy job, having a lousy job is a heck of a lot better than the hopelessness and helplessness that comes from not being able to get a job.

[newton_dave]

I'll still argue that people having jobs isn't, and wasn't, what holds "the framework of society" together.