[lbo-talk] OWS Demands working group: jobs for all!

[Eric Beck]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:52 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
> One wee question, though.
>
> why should we want full employment when we can simply push for an
> awesome social safety net. I mean, if we are doing this with an eye
> toward it ALL being planned, then wouldn't building out the social
> safety net - health care, unemployment benefits, housing, retirement,
> etc. etc. be a much better wa to do this?

Well, there are problems with this too, particularly the regulatory
aspects that, in the current political situation, affect women and
minorities disproportionately, but yes. I suspect that people embrace
the demand for full employment because it seems more attainable than a
safety net, but the arguments put forward here--the ruling class hates
it, etc.--actually argue that it wouldn't be.