PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoRemember that one year America had the greatest social democracy in the world?hexbear.netimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1imageRemember that one year America had the greatest social democracy in the world?hexbear.netPM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepeppersky [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoi thought most countries besides the us paid benefits to the companies which then kept people employed even if they couldn’t actually work.
minus-squareOrcocracy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoThis chart from the OECD (if you scroll down just a bit) lists out which countries paid companies (“job retention schemes”) and which had various direct pay-outs to the general public: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/supporting-livelihoods-during-the-covid-19-crisis-closing-the-gaps-in-safety-nets-17cbb92d/
i thought most countries besides the us paid benefits to the companies which then kept people employed even if they couldn’t actually work.
This chart from the OECD (if you scroll down just a bit) lists out which countries paid companies (“job retention schemes”) and which had various direct pay-outs to the general public:
https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/supporting-livelihoods-during-the-covid-19-crisis-closing-the-gaps-in-safety-nets-17cbb92d/