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Originally Posted by 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.
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Look man, if an additional 50K a year makes no meaningful difference in your quality of life, then you are far better off than literally mostly everyone - and anything you say about how fucking hard it is to live here loses any credibility.
As for your wife's friend, while I'm not negating any stress she may feel running a business with employees, isn't really the same struggle most people are facing right now. "Keeping your head above water" doesn't really mean what you think it is, when you're standing in a pool that's 4 feet deep. The families struggling to stay afloat are the ones any "handouts" are supposed to help.
Oh, but wait, it's actually their fault because they all god art major degrees, my bad. I guess by that logic your wife's boss should also have chosen a different career since people's stress are all self-inflicted.
...and, hang on, you want the government to give handouts to your wife's boss? wtf?