Comment on Why are there no jobs programs anymore?
General_Effort@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Depends what you mean. I did a quick check and found that the UK has various programs that help disabled people find or keep jobs. I guess that many NEETs would qualify for such programs on account of psychological conditions.
If you are talking about recipients of benefits, the UK does have workfare programs… (No more Roads to Nowhere, at least.) en.wikipedia.org/…/Workfare_in_the_United_Kingdom
If you are asking why people are allowed to live off their savings rather than being made to work, then that’s because forced labor is generally considered a human rights violation.
eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Ok it is a fair comparison, especially when compared to historical examples where the jobs program was an alternative to poverty. Here I’m talking about a program that is separate from welfare, it is voluntary, where the person chooses they want a job and the government provides it.
I had some more of a look and there is a good page about it here- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_guarantee . There are proposed programs but they aren’t generally implemented at the moment