A very simple reason that many will not work is government hand outs/benefits to them. I have a family renting a house in town from us. They keep the house nice and are great renters. They have four kids. They both worked when they started renting the house. Neither one of them work full time now. He straight up talked to me about it. The cost of child care was so high that during times that school was out it eat up the majority of one of their incomes just for child care. Then the driving to Dubuque or Cedar rapids for better jobs was an expense.
Their kids qualified for the low rate lunches at school when they both were working. This got the Human Service department to sent them all the information on the various programs. They set down and figured out what they could qualify for. It turns out when they looked at paying their own way after all the income taxes and SS that they could have the same standard of living with him only working part time at a minimum wage job here in town. So she quit her job and he also quit his $22 an hour job on Cedar Rapids. He now works at the gas station for $12 and only 30 hours a week. He refuses over time too. He said that if he makes $50 in over time it costs them $150 in public benefits. The over time Jumps their income over the levels that max out support.
Asked a Mexican why he works. He will tell you that in Mexico if you do not work you do not eat. PERIOD. I am willing to bet that China and India are the same way too. I am for support for those that truly can not work but that is a darn small percentage of those drawing these days.
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