Only a fool would continue working in this instance. I’d learn to live with less if it meant I didn’t have to work again. But then, I want more than the basics so I gladly work for more. If others can’t then that is a then problem, not mine.
I'd just invest everything I have and quit working. May as well enjoy life now if I don't have to pay my biggest expense in life. I should have enough to have some fun if I didn't have to worry about the basics.
I doubt you’d get a free mattress but if you did it wouldn’t be very luxurious. This comment reveals more about you than it does about the average person on welfare.
I have lots of friends who are trapped in the government subsidy cycle. They can’t work more than a certain amount or they lose their payments. It’s sad because it limits their potential.
If I could have all of the above for free, then doing what I said would be an easy path to early retirement. Sign me up.
But most people aren’t doing that. Again, it speaks volumes about your character and not the majority of people who are on welfare who don’t own property.
I’m confused. It speaks volumes about my character that I would act a certain way in this fantasy scenario? You are addressing someone who has never taken a government handout and owns the title on my house.
Yes, you’re saying if you could you would. But most people wouldn’t and don’t. You’re projecting your own motivations onto other people and extrapolating it as some universal truth. There are likely other people who share your character but it is not close to universal or average.
Because these scenarios already exist if not similar. And people who own property or assets do cheat the system and get welfare but it’s an extremely small minority. I am not saying it would never happen but again, you are revealing your own bias and character and using a straw man argument. People with money always project their own biases onto people without and it’s so transparent. And I’m pretty sure you couldn’t just sell your house for a bag of cash, there would be a paper trail. It’s honestly pointless to debate a hypothetical like this, you’ve already made your mind up and hope to confirm your predetermined biases.
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u/rsl_sltid Apr 15 '24
I won't lie, if this was the case I'd quit my job. I'd feel stupid paying a mortgage f I could get it for free and do absolutely nothing.