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Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating' - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The welfare spending provides an oversized return in productivity. What is common to all the low spenders - low life expectancy.

I don't think this is correct. Prevention provides outsized benefits, but unless benefits lead to a return to work, they do not result in increased productivity. I'm happy to be proven wrong if you have a source. I think this is a moral discussion rather than an economic one.

[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I understand your point. It's just easy to make it economic as an example, productivity can go to hell. Life satisfaction and life expectancy by themselves should be a big enough motivation to support public welfare. It's just that the arguments against are usually rooted in economic motivations, e.g. inefficiency of the tax money management.