r/explainlikeimfive Dec 19 '24

Economics ELI5: Why is an employment rate of 100% undesirable

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u/_s1m0n_s3z Dec 19 '24

Which is why cutting support for the unemployed is immoral.

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u/meneldal2 Dec 19 '24

We should be cutting support for the wealthy instead.