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Oregon ends its 72-year ban on self-service gasoline - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com)

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[–] sensibilidades 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

However, pumping gas has definitely provided jobs for those who needed them. Hopefully they can find other work that is healthier for the employees - I can’t imagine inhaling gas fumes 8 hours a day is great for the body.

I realize this is the case, and I definitely don't want to run the risk of (1) making hundreds of other people's lives much harder just to remove a minor inconvenience for me, nor (2) gatekeep what is and isn't a viable job.... but I also don't see it stable (in the long term) to prop up types of work that don't actually need formalized employment to be done.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. If you're giving people makework you might as well start implementing UBI, because then you're not paying for injuries on the job, you're not paying for commute, there's no additional expenses and people can study and improve their lives so they can do more useful jobs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

My sentiment as well. Preserving unnecessary jobs for the sole purpose of delivering a paycheck is just a cruel version of welfare. If we're going to pay people to contribute nothing or next to nothing because they need an income and that's their only option, can't we just write the check without obliterating the hours they could be using to improve themselves in some way?

Preserve and support people, not jobs.