[cloakandswagger]

Not bizarre at all if you think about it. The economic hardship will motivate a substantial portion of our population to become more industrious. They'll fill any available job and do it productively since they're now at or below the poverty line.

The stock market is setting new highs in anticipation of a renaissance in worker efficiency and business margins.

[chickenpotpie]

Can we stop perpetuating this idea that poverty is going to make people work super hard to escape? It’s a debilitating state that traps people. It’s not a blessing of motivation. Studies have show poverty lowers IQ and overall health in almost every way. Happy, financially secure workers are productive ones. Hard to focus on your job when you’re wondering where your next meal is coming from and which bills you can push off until your next paycheck.

[cloakandswagger]

I question and reject the conclusion of any such study based on my own experience.

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