Unemployment Benefit is a policy where the government provides some money to citizens able to work but unable to find employment, ensuring the unemployed aren't as impoverished.
Unemployment benefits are favored by socialists and the poor alike for reduce the severity of poverty and increasing earnings for the poor. However, they upset capitalists and can cause the rate of unemployment to more people choose to live off the benefit.
Description[]
Unemployment benefit is a state benefit given to everyone who is able to work but cannot find employment. Socialists regard this as a minimum safety net for workers out of work because of the whims of the economy. Some believe that high unemployment benefits distort the market and discourage people from seeking work.
Political Capital[]
Raise cost: 14
Lower cost: 12
Cancel cost: 27
Effects[]
-Capitalist (0)
+Unemployment (8)
+Poor (0)
+Socialist (0)
-Poverty (0)
+Poor Earnings (0)
-Homelessness (0)