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by drawkward 598 days ago
And yet, we have a positive unemployment rate!
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FredPret 598 days ago
True but that’s inevitable. A certain % of people are always going to be in the process of switching jobs.
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drawkward 598 days ago
Which is why I reponded to the commenter who said

>Dumb comparison. Losing a job is not the same as losing a legal action. You can’t just go get a different life if you’re convicted of robbery.

Because, as you just admitted, you can't just go get a different job if you're unfairly fired.

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FredPret 598 days ago
I admitted no such thing. Read again.

- in a thriving environment, lots of companies are hiring

- some people quit or get fired, and it takes a couple of months to get a new job. This is no biggie in a country where the median individual has a net worth of 192k. [0] (yet another argument in favour of a thriving business environment).

- so some % of people will always be temporarily unemployed.

[0] https://www.investopedia.com/average-americans-net-worth-871....

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drawkward 598 days ago
>no biggie

Loll, youre a pretty funny person. No biggie, ill just sell my house to feed myself.

You conveniently ignore the fact that this is the median family net worth, not individual net worth. Further, this will include retired families, who will have access to social security, medicare, and mature 401k/pension plans. This is not anywherenearthe median net worth of a working individual.

If youre going to quote statistics, please at least do so responsibly.

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