[Hondaracer]

Well it’s not so much the welfare state but moreso the incentive to do better I guess lol

Like for myself, to make another 30-50k I’d have to fucking bust my ass and likely work twice as hard, but that extra 50k would not improve my quality of life that much

Even for business owners it’s such a thin line. My wife works for a little boutique consulting firm that’s owned by her life long friend. They have like 10-12 employees. The owner is under incredible stress, is starting a family, works 12-14 hour days etc.

She could not have a 12-14 person business and do consulting work all by herself and likely make $150-300 an hour with very little overhead. But the chase of that bigger, self sustaining money is there. But as with any business, it’s a grind just to keep your head above water. And the govt. would rather help a Loblaws, bombardier, etc. than give any sliver of hope to small business operators.