"nObOdY wAnTs To WoRk AnYmOrE..."
How true is this narrative, anyway?
This is a relatively complicated and nuanced topic all-in, but I’ll do my best to simplify it if I can.
The idea of “nobody wants to work anymore” became popular among an older set of conservative white men (typically) around the time of the first $1,200 COVID payouts, which ironically were checks signed by Donald Trump. The idea is that the big bad gove…
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