Yes. Pete Hoekstra and his fellows are liars.
NO GO zones don't exist, and the strong social safety net does a pretty good job, especially in the face of crisis. There is no bailout program for the public being rushed through because the bailout program already exists and has existed for decades, running smoothly as it goes.
While it's true that there are people who don't want to find a job, most often that's not because they are unwilling to work but because being gainfully employed is a net loss to them due to increased costs for things like transportation that are not covered by the higher income as the social safety net payments drop almost as much. It's a known perverse situation that it's possible to have an on paper net gain of 50 euros per month in income be eaten by the cost of running the car or public transportation and turned into a net loss at least that large.
Most people are willing to work. Most people who benefit from the social safety net work, but even working full time at the minimum wage it's not unusual to not make enough money to make ends meet, especially when you have a family. Most people who benefit from the social safety net also can't work full time for many different reasons, and many jobs that they work are temporary or seasonal in nature, which means that they can go months without a job simply because there are no jobs for them to work.
And that's before we get into disability issues, which both restrict the ability to be gainfully employed and increase the cost of living due to further assistance being required.
NO GO zones don't exist, and the strong social safety net does a pretty good job, especially in the face of crisis. There is no bailout program for the public being rushed through because the bailout program already exists and has existed for decades, running smoothly as it goes.
While it's true that there are people who don't want to find a job, most often that's not because they are unwilling to work but because being gainfully employed is a net loss to them due to increased costs for things like transportation that are not covered by the higher income as the social safety net payments drop almost as much. It's a known perverse situation that it's possible to have an on paper net gain of 50 euros per month in income be eaten by the cost of running the car or public transportation and turned into a net loss at least that large.
Most people are willing to work. Most people who benefit from the social safety net work, but even working full time at the minimum wage it's not unusual to not make enough money to make ends meet, especially when you have a family. Most people who benefit from the social safety net also can't work full time for many different reasons, and many jobs that they work are temporary or seasonal in nature, which means that they can go months without a job simply because there are no jobs for them to work.
And that's before we get into disability issues, which both restrict the ability to be gainfully employed and increase the cost of living due to further assistance being required.